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Submitted by kenntha88 on Friday, 23 November 2007  Page Views: 3958

Natural PlacesSite Name: The troll's rock Alternative Name: Trollsteinen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 7.222 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Narvik  Nearest Village: KabelvÃ¥g
Latitude: 68.214674N  Longitude: 14.482641E
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.
4 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.
5 Accuracy:
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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The troll's rock
The troll's rock submitted by kenntha88 : The stone was removed from its original place to a roadcrossing just outside the centre of the village Kabelvåg. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This site is a mystery in itself! It consists of a huge natural boulder that is square-shaped with pointy edges and has a huge flat surface that makes it look like a natural table or an altar. The stone is about 1 metre in height and the sides are 1-2 metres wide.

In the stones west side has been carved a christian cross. (About 40 cm in height.) The cross has been painted in modern times, but the carving is believed to be from the middle ages, but why did they carve a cross in the stone?

We know that the stone was being removed in earlyer times when they buildt the church in Kabelvåg.

A theory is that this stone is from a ancient pagan sacrificial site, and the church was built upon a old pagan religious important centre. (Which has happened several times with church buildings in early middle ages), or some other site important in pagan religion, and that the cross was carved by the christians in the middle ages to make the site harmless for christians, or to mark the change between the old pagan religion to christianity.


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The troll's rock
The troll's rock submitted by kenntha88 : It is easy to see that the stone with its flat surface could have been used as an altar. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The troll's rock
The troll's rock submitted by kenntha88 : The stone seen from the east. The black paint on the cross is from modern age of course. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: The troll's rock by kenntha88 on Friday, 21 August 2009
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The correct coordinates are: Lat: 68.214674 Lon: 14.482641
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