<< Our Photo Pages >> Djupvika sacrificial site - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Djupvika sacrificial siteCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 45.074 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Alta
Latitude: 70.102084N Longitude: 23.335519E
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 |
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This is three natural rock outcrops that looks like heads looking out to the sea. They are flat on top, and could also have worked as "altars" for the rituals.
The site is very interesting itself, because the stones look as if they have been placed there by humans, but are natural-shaped stones.
They were used as stone-idols for the sami gods, that had their sacrificial sites at this site. The site is nearby two other sacrificial sites, at Slottsberget and Kviby, and is a very important place for the local Sami people.
Note: Finnmark county Coordinates revised in August 2009
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