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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hemsta - Rock Art in Sweden in Uppland

Submitted by DrewParsons on Monday, 03 October 2011  Page Views: 4312

Rock ArtSite Name: Hemsta Alternative Name: Boglösa 416.3
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 7.16 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Uppland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Enkoping  Nearest Village: Boglösa
Latitude: 59.594870N  Longitude: 17.146320E
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
5

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : An elegant team of horses being driven by a person on a cart. This carving is unusual as carvings of carts and oxen are usually drawn schematically. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Uppland. The feature photo on this page shows an elegant team of horses being driven by a person on a cart. This carving is unusual as carvings of carts and oxen are usually drawn schematically

Hemsta is the largest rock art site in Uppland with almost 500 figures and symbols carved on its surface. The rock site is reached after a walk of approximately half a kilometre across paddocks. Most of the carvings are of ships, but there are some very interesting other ones including long legged birds, pigs, human figures and a chariot pulled by horses. The carvings date to the Bronze Age between 1200 BC and 500 BC and are coloured red to make their identification easier which also it helps people avoid accidentally walking on them.
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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : The first panel at Hemsta. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : The fleet. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : The famous "wedding scene" with two boars and the two lovers at the top right with a figure turning his/her back on them. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Detail from the first panel with birds, cup marks and human figures. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemsta submitted by SolarMegalith : One of the animal carvings at Hemsta (photo taken on August 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemsta submitted by SolarMegalith : Ship carvings with an anthropomorph (photo taken on August 2016).

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Hemsta submitted by SolarMegalith : The main group of ship carvings at Hemsta (photo taken on August 2016).

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Hemsta submitted by SolarMegalith : Bronze Age ship carvings seen in favorable light (photo taken on August 2016).

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Hemsta submitted by SolarMegalith : Cup-marks at Hemsta site (photo taken on August 2016).

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Ship with high prow. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Ship, figures and cup marks. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Figure with arms strangely raised above the head, wearing a sword. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : A wheel. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Foot marks, shod and unshod. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Various sized cup marks. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Cup mark with a boat. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Probably a shaman. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Birds and cup marks. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Figure. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : Site map showing location of other rock carving sites in the locality. September 2011.

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Hemsta submitted by DrewParsons : The site sign. September 2011.

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