<< Our Photo Pages >> Hemsta - Rock Art in Sweden in Uppland
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Rock ArtSite Name: Hemsta Alternative Name: Boglösa 416.3Country: 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:
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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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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