<< Our Photo Pages >> Amtmannsnes - Carving in Norway in Finnmark
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Multi-periodSite Name: Amtmannsnes Alternative Name: UrnesbuktaCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.623 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Finnmark Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Alta
Latitude: 69.988148N Longitude: 23.285608E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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But what makes them different from the rock carvings at Alta is that they seem to be of a totally different "style"!
The human figures are carved in a strange "rib bone" pattern with lines across the chest and not fully carved as the human figures of the Alta site! The animal figures are also completely different. They are bigger than in the Alta site, and they are more stylized with a lot of details.
There are also some strange wave-shaped lines, and a lot of figures of reindeer.
This carvings have not been painted red as the ones in Alta, and they are more difficult to see and to photograph.
Note: Finnmark county
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