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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gotlands Fornsal - Museum in Sweden in Gotland

Submitted by meginring on Thursday, 01 February 2007  Page Views: 13618

MuseumsSite Name: Gotlands Fornsal Alternative Name: Länsmuseet på Gotland
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 0.161 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Gotland Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Visby
Latitude: 57.639600N  Longitude: 18.292600E
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
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by meginring : Site in Gotland Probably a fertility stone or a stone for sun worship, decorated with a rounded swastika. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Gottland

The islands' capitol Visby is itself an amazing open-air museum with its many half ruined medieval structures. The museum Gotlands Fornsal is situated in a medieval building and the place to go for a unique collection of Iron Age picture stones and other fascinating artefacts. Address: Strandgatan 14.
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Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Bjorn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Bjorn : At the base of the stone is a woman holding two snakes. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Bjorn : Note the viking ship sail which covers the lower half of the stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Bjorn : A Viking Age picture stone showing a warrior being greeted and crowned at the top and Gunnar in the snake pit, below a viking ship. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Bjorn : (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Bjorn :

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by Meginring : This particular stone is embedded in the wall of Bro kyrka (church) outside Visby (see my other posting Bro kyrka). But since photography is such a sensitive issue in the museum, I have decided to also have it illustrate the other similar stones in the wonderful exhibition. (3 comments)

Gotlands Fornsal
Gotlands Fornsal submitted by meginring : Site in Gottland A museum poster with a number of colourful picture stones.

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 669m SE 144° Visby (Gotland)* Polissoir
 849m SSW 193° Vår Skulpturpark Skeppssättning* Modern Stone Circle etc
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