<< Our Photo Pages >> Transfardalen - Cave or Rock Shelter in Norway
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Natural PlacesSite Name: TransfardalenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 56.774 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Alta
Latitude: 69.990504N Longitude: 23.496660E
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 site consists of a huge natural outcrop in the mountain forming an open space under it, and creates a "roof". There have been found artifacts that show that this site has probably been used as a settlement for people in later stone age.
But what makes this place really interesting is that the rock wall under the "roof" contains a number of rock paintings, probably made in later stone age.
They are hard to see, just some small pictures can be made out, except from a painting of a human.
It is really hard to find this place, it is in a tight leaf forest. And even when I knew it was a large rock wall, I didnt find it until I was accidentally on top of it!
Without the thick forest it would have been a beautiful view over the sea and the Alta fjord.
Note: Finnmark county
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