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Rock ArtSite Name: Vingen
Country: Norway Fylke: Sogn og Fjordane Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Måløy  Nearest Village: Svelgen
Latitude: 61.816667N  Longitude: 5.300000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway The most conspicuous petroglyphs to be found at the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. One of the best sites in Norway for petroglyphs is to be found in Vingen, a spectacular site located north of Bergen. In this case Mesolithic petroglyphs.

A most beautiful location where Frøysjøen meets Nordfjord in between high mountains, sea, funny looking sheaps, dolphins playing in the sea next to the site, cliffs rising out of the sea and numerous waterfalls. There are petroglyphs on most flat surfaces available on the site.

The Rock Art at Vingen dates from between 4.000 and 5.000 BC. There can be from 1 to 200 petroglyphs on a single surface. Mostly red deer, but also moose, reindeer, dogs, whales and porpoises. At least 1.500 petroglyphs have been registered.

Note: The battle is on to save this pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway
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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway Petroglyphs all over the cliff surface. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway. I cant see that the animals pose any risk to the petroglyphs even on flat surface. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway Sheep trample the ground covered by petroglyphs, but has not managed to destroy them in ‘how many years’. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway Early morning at Vingen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway A pile of petroglyphs.

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway A site where interested people are denied access 10 months of the year, and only on organised trips twice a week for two months. Strange that interested people should pose a menace to these petroglyphs. Animals have not posed any trouble or managed to destroy the petroglyphs in thousands of years.. (4 comments)

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway The site is blessed with a most spectacular view.

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Vingen submitted by 43559959 : Vingen. Site in Sogn og Fjordane Norway The most spectacular site.

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Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway by Andy B on Saturday, 02 March 2024
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One of the largest and most significant sites of rock art in northern Europe is under “catastrophic” threat.

The Vingen carvings, in Vestland county, Norway, are spectacular, and include images of human skeletons and abstract and geometric designs. Even the hammer stones, the tools used by the ancient artists to create their compositions, have survived.

Now archaeologists warn that the site is facing a “catastrophic” threat after a quarry, a shipping port and a crushing plant in the area of nearby Frøysjøen received planning permission in February 2024.

Dr George Nash, British archaeologist and specialist in prehistoric art at Liverpool University, told the Observer that Vingen was an internationally important site featuring more than 2,000 carved figures. He is “shocked the Norwegian authorities want to stick a dirty great quarry nearby”.
More in the Observer: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/02/battle-to-save-pristine-prehistoric-rock-art-quarry-vingen-carvings-vestland-norway
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Re: Vingen by LeGuMa on Friday, 12 August 2016
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I was planning to visit the place, but due to the high price of the boat trip with a guide (2x30 minutes) and the limitations of time being able to spend at the place, only one (1) hour with a guide!!!
Instead I bought a book «Vingen. Et naturens kolossalmuseum for helleristninger», 460 pages, Akademika Forlag, by Trond Klungseth Lødøen and Gro Mandt and payed 522,00SEK in 2014. I had some mail exchange with the local tourist office in Bremanger and complained about all the restrictions of the site.
The possibility to go there is limited too, in 2014 the last trip of that season was on August 15th.

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Re: Vingen by 43559959 on Wednesday, 10 August 2016
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Re: Vingen by 43559959 on Wednesday, 10 August 2016
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This is more or less correct, although the mountain climbing bit might be stretching the facts a little too much. The access limitation is just too strange due to the location. It is not exactly the Chauvet cave. But a great site if you happen to be washed ashore here by accident.

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    Re: Vingen by Martin_L on Wednesday, 10 August 2016
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    As boats are quite common for transport in that area the access limitation is perhaps not really strange. Also most of the rock faces are heavily disintegrating and may suffer when people crawl around at the site. So i somehow understand the restrictions.
    Apart from the fact, that it is not allowed anyway: There has been no hiking path leading to the site afaik. As a result someone inexperienced may end up in an uncomfortable situation. There are many steep or even vertical rock faces and the folding of the mountains makes it at least a hard task. Climbing does not necessarily mean using ropes. At least that's not what i meant. Do you have better wording?
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Re: Vingen by Martin_L on Tuesday, 09 August 2016
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It is important to add, that the site can only be reached by boat (unless you are a mountain climber). Furthermore access to the site has been strictly limited to guided tours. More information regarding current situation seems to be available here https://www.facebook.com/Vingenfeltet/info/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=overview Visits are otherwise prohibited since 2002.
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