<< Our Photo Pages >> Fykan Carvings - Carving in Norway in Nordland
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Multi-periodSite Name: Fykan CarvingsCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 29.125 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nordland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Bodø Nearest Village: Glomfjord
Latitude: 66.793625N Longitude: 14.009113E
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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The site contains several figures of reindeer and elk. The site have been well documented in literature. When I visited the place, only parts of a reindeer figure without the head was visible.
The carvings are actually not carved, but "ground" into the rock, producing white stripes on the rock surface and they do not go very deep into the rock. Similar technique is known from sites like Leikneset and Sagelv.
They are believed to be dating back to the older stone age, about 5000 to 7000 BC. This make them very old in rock art history.
The site itself lies in a beautiful landscape overlooking the Glomfjord and the steep mountainsides surrounding the valley. There is also a lake to the east, and a small river goes from the lake to the sea. It is a beautiful view from this place and that itself makes it well worth a visit.
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