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Rock ArtSite Name: Solbergfeltet Alternative Name: HornnesCountry: Norway Fylke: Østfold Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Sarpsborg
Latitude: 59.205880N Longitude: 11.155160E
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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Tonnox visited on 26th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Jonik DrewParsons have visited here
The site sign asks if this could be the passage of the sun goddess towards the eastern horizon, or the passage of souls to the horizon, stars and sky. One site sign (shown in one of my photos) illustrates the mythical sun ship seen engraved on Bronze Age razors with its daily journey through time. Burials in the form of stone settings laid out to form ships, and later actual ship burials give hints to the mystical significance of ships and these carvings. Stylistically the ships are dated to around 800 BC to 700BC. In front of the site an excavation was carried out revealing pot sherds and small lumps of burned clay dated to the late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. It is speculated that these represent some sort of ceremonial items deposited in front of the carving site. The red paint is added to allow identification by visitors and to preclude accidental walking on the site and to stop folk chalking in the images in order to get a photograph (the chalk can adversely affect the carvings). The paint is applied by archaeologists and is water based so that it does not adversely affect the art. The site sign hints that the carvings here may have been coloured in originally but there is no firm evidence for this speculative view. The site is reached after a 500 metre walk from the car park on route 110, which is the Oldtidsveien or prehistoric road between Skjeberg and Fredrikstad, close to its junction with the E6. An excellent site to visit.
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