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<< Our Photo Pages >> Skarmunken - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway

Submitted by kenntha88 on Friday, 16 November 2007  Page Views: 4460

Natural PlacesSite Name: Skarmunken Alternative Name: Skarmunken sacrificial site
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 65.526 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.610336N  Longitude: 19.709816E
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.
5 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
4

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Skarmunken
Skarmunken submitted by kenntha88 : The same stone seen with a little more shadow. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This sacrificial site is one of the most impressive of that category I have visited! The site itself is a huge, impressive natural boulder (about 20m high) that is naturally shaped as a face. Laying on top of a small ridge overlooking the Lyngen Fjord.

The sami people used to put their sacrificial gifts under the boulder in a small crack before they went fishing or hunting.

Still local fishermen take off their caps and salute the stone when they pass under it in their boats.


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Skarmunken
Skarmunken submitted by kenntha88 : The huge boulder seen in afternoon light. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Skarmunken by kenntha88 on Thursday, 20 August 2009
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the new coordinates for this site is: Lat: 69.610336 Long: 19.709816
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