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Rock ArtSite Name: ÅskollenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 6.334 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Buskerud Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Drammen
Latitude: 59.717825N Longitude: 10.260158E
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 |
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Rock Art in Buskerud
In the middle of a beautiful public park in between huge apartment buildings in the city of Drammen is a rock art panel. The panel is a exposed flat rock outcrop surrounded by lawns. A metal fence is surrounding the panel and has a gate to the west with a metal information poster.
The rock art panel consists of 3 figures. The panel measure 5,2X5,2 metres and is cleared of any moss and growth. The figures were painted red but some of the red paint have eroded away.
The panel is dominated by a large beautiful figure probably of an elk. The body is trapeziod shaped and the head long and narrow and crowned by a 10 pointed antelor. Inside the animal there are lines and artowork possibly picture internal organs. The legs are beautifully carved. The figure is 1,75 metres long and 65 cm in height.
27cm east of the head of the elk is a triangle shaped figure with two cup marks in front of each of the long sides of the triangle. It is uncertain what this figure symbolizes. 1,2 metres west of the head of the elk is a bird figure with the head to the North.The figure is 40 cm long and 10 cm wide.
The rock art have been dated to later stone age. It is typical rock art from hunter gatherer culture.
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