<< Our Photo Pages >> Torp Hällristning - Carving in Sweden in Bohuslän
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Multi-periodSite Name: Torp Hällristning Alternative Name: Hogdal 210:1Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 10.619 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Bohuslän Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Svinesund Nearest Village: Nordby
Latitude: 59.057800N Longitude: 11.212800E
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 |
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| 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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Torp is the most northerly site on the Bohuslän Rock Carving Tour.
It is very close to the border with Norway and, just across the border, there is another Rock Carving Tour which can be started at Solberg just off the E6.
Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons in September 2011: There are 274 carvings at this interesting site including 150 cup marks, 59 boats, 32 people, 26 animals, 2 framed figures, 1 circle, 1 hand, 1 vehicle and 1 coil. Some of the most interesting carvings include a person holding two horses one of which is mounted by another person. A ship floats in a natural water channel which runs down the rock face, and some rectangular carvings occur which are variously interpreted as Bronze Age long houses, Iron Age shields and even field plot maps. Figures jump from on high, a huge figure almost a metre tall may be a god whilst two men with spears and perhaps a bolas stand in a ship. There are many cup marks and other symbols too. The painting of these carvings was somewhat faded in September 2011 and some were hard to see. Without the paint they would have remained largely hidden and so it goes to show how helpful even faint paint is to identify the carvings. To reach the site take exit 113 on the E6 and drive south past Nordby shopping complex to take the second turn right (west) up a farm lane for 300 metres and park by the four or so farm houses and cottages. A post indicates where to park and points the 25 metres along a path to the site. Reference: The Rock Carving Tour, Bohusläns Museum, 1999. Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök: Hogdal 210:1
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