<< Our Photo Pages >> Fåglum - Rock Art in Sweden in Västergötland
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Rock ArtSite Name: Fåglum Alternative Name: Fåglum 5:1Country: Sweden Landskap: Västergötland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Vårgårda Nearest Village: Fåglum
Latitude: 58.112680N Longitude: 12.796860E
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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Tonnox visited on 31st Jul 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
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The rock art here comprises a series of individual and paired feet plus some cup marks carved into the flat bedrock right by the side of the road. So many foot marks and in pairs is unusual. The site sign, the village website and the Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök all disagree on the number of carvings but all put them at over 100. The carvings are dated to the Bronze Age around 3000 years ago and are painted red to identify them both so people can see them readily and also to avoid folk accidentally walking on them. There is no evidence that they were ever painted in the Bronze Age. To reach the site travel north on the E20 from Vårgårda and just past Södra Härene turn left (west) towards Fåglum and the site is on the right (north) side of the road 1.5 kilometres before the village of Fåglum. There is a small area to park opposite the site where a site sign is. Reference: Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök: 5:1
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