<< Our Photo Pages >> Skarmunken - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway
Submitted by kenntha88 on Friday, 16 November 2007 Page Views: 4497
Natural PlacesSite Name: Skarmunken Alternative Name: Skarmunken sacrificial siteCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 63.147 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:
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 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.
Note: Coordinates revised in August 2009
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