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Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 30 October 2014  Page Views: 2868

Multi-periodSite Name: Horga Pagan Altar Alternative Name: Alterteiga
Country: Norway Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Molde  Nearest Village: Nesje
Latitude: 62.715168N  Longitude: 7.518940E
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.
3 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.
3 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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Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Møre og Romsdal Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stone in Møre og Romsdal

The Horga altar or Alterteiga as it is locally called is located far from the nearest house or farm, it is located inside a tight forest in a steep hill going north up to the small mountain called Horga. (The name Horga in Norse means altar or place of worship.)

The altar has many similarities with similar places like the devils gambling table at Nøtterøy, the altar at Jonsås in Larvik and at Rossland in Rogaland, however the difference at this site is that the altar is located in a mountain slope and it is probably the reason why the construction is located on top of several flat stone slabs. Maybe to level the altar itself?

The stone altar is easily visible in the terrain. It has almost parallel sides with a small shelf or flat square in the north-east part. In the bottom there are three almost similar stone slabs located parallel on top of each other. These stone slabs are around 2 metres in length, around 1 metre wide and around 35cm thick. On top of the top slab there are three smaller rocks and on top of these rocks are a large flat cubical shaped boulder. The south-west part of this boulder is almost parallel with the bottom slabs south-west sides.
The stone block measures around 1,30metres in length, 1,1 metres wide and around 80cm in height. On the top surface of the boulder is a deep cut or hole, around 15cm deep and oriented east-west.

The site is surrounded by birch and pine tree forest, it would have been a great view to the valley to the south if there was no trees. To get to the altar visitors have to drive to the end of a really bad country road and then follow a footpath to the altar.
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Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Møre og Romsdal Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88

Horga Pagan Altar
Horga Pagan Altar submitted by kenntha88

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