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Rock ArtSite Name: Vinstra HelleristningerCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 34.323 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Oppland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Vinstra
Latitude: 61.596392N Longitude: 9.746196E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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 |
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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 |
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At the communal house (city hall) of Vinstra is a large rock with some stone age carvings of elks. The rock was originally found at the edge of Gudbrandsdalen river next to the Eidefoss waterfall. The rock was moved since the water was about to cause damage to the carvings.
The boulder is exibited at the entrance of the small city hall and shows two figures believed to be elk. They are around 20-30 cm long. They are believed to be older stone age carvings (6000-5000BC). In the article I post the current location
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