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Submitted by kenntha88 on Saturday, 17 November 2007 Page Views: 5049
Multi-periodSite Name: Forselv Alternative Name: Skjomen rock carvingsCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 14.731 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Narvik
Latitude: 68.285618N Longitude: 17.307930E
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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This site with rock carvings is very hard to get to. It is not possible to walk, because they are on the far side of a fjord, and the mountain sides going straight down into the ocean is not possible to cross walking. I had to use a boat, and then search in the forest for an hour to find the site.
But when I found it, it is very easy to see the carvings! there is almost no erosion making the carvings "faint".
They are very well preserved, and with no human activity around, almost gives an "untouched" impression, and almost "authentic" in a way.
They consist of animal figures like reindeer, whales and moose. They also consist of a human figure holding a reindeer in straps.
They also have some strange geological and abstract figures. What they symbolize it is hard to speculate.
Note: Coordinates revised in August 2009
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