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Natural PlacesSite Name: JutulportenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 39.867 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Oppland Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Sel Nearest Village: Vågamo
Latitude: 61.875985N Longitude: 9.086552E
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 |
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| 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 |
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Jutulporten "The troll gate" Vågå
Legends say that in this rock the local troll or jutul had his home. It was this jutul that was said to have taken the local man johans blessoms home to Vågå from copenhagen, flying over hills and mountains. (A well known fairytale or sagn)
After johans have come home he was told not to look up if he heard a band but forgot himself and looked up, realizing who had brought him home. From that day his head was fixed in that position. Johans blessoms is however a real person according to local chronicles said to have lived in the 1600s.
Local People is said to have had a sort of friendship to the jutul and sometimes borrowed things from him. The custom then was to throw a stone into a small hole on top of the rock called the keyhole and shout "open up jutul!"
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