<< Our Photo Pages >> Vingen - Rock Art in Norway in Sogn og Fjordane
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Rock ArtSite Name: VingenCountry: Norway Fylke: Sogn og Fjordane Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Måløy Nearest Village: Svelgen
Latitude: 61.816667N Longitude: 5.300000E
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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43559959 visited on 10th Jul 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 2
A most beautiful location where Frøysjøen meets Nordfjord in between high mountains, sea, funny looking sheaps, dolphins playing in the sea next to the site, cliffs rising out of the sea and numerous waterfalls. There are petroglyphs on most flat surfaces available on the site.
The Rock Art at Vingen dates from between 4.000 and 5.000 BC. There can be from 1 to 200 petroglyphs on a single surface. Mostly red deer, but also moose, reindeer, dogs, whales and porpoises. At least 1.500 petroglyphs have been registered.
Note: The battle is on to save this pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway
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