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Submitted by kenntha88 on Monday, 19 October 2009 Page Views: 4798

Multi-periodSite Name: Boggestranda Alternative Name: Indre Bogge
Country: Norway Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Molde Nearest Village: Åndalsnes
Latitude: 62.738168N Longitude: 8.078728E
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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

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 Access:

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
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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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**Boggestranda** submitted by kenntha88 : The largest raindeer carving is the oldest. It is dated to older stone age, about 6000 years ago. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stone age rock carvings near Molde in Norway

The site consists of rock carvings mainly from the older stone age, about 4000 BC until later stone age, about 3000 BC.
The site is divided into three parts, the large animal figures are located on the part that lie farthest up from the sea level, and the youngest further down the hill closer to the sea shore. After the ice age, the land has raised more and more. So the lower carvings must be younger. 70-80 figures are known most of them depicting deer (elk, reindeer) at the main panel, the middle panel consists of several whale figures and the lowest of several boat carvings. Boat carvings became very common in the bronze age.
The carvings have not been painted, so they appear more or less like the original ones, and they are deep and neatly carved.
The site is easy to visit, a parking lot has been made at the main highway and a path leads down to the carvings, and signposts have been placed.
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