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Rock ArtSite Name: Begby HelleristningerCountry: Norway Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Fredrikstad Nearest Village: Begby
Latitude: 59.221820N Longitude: 11.009400E
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
43559959 visited on 11th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
DrewParsons Martin_L have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 3
Another bronze age rock art site on the Østfold "Prehistoric Road". There are several panels here set amongst some burial mounds.
Additional Information submitted by Drew Parsons in September 2011: There are a number of rock carving sites in the vicinity of Begby, some by the shopping mall, some by the school and a series of panels to the north of the village (those illustrated here) with a walkway and excellent site signs to interpret the site. The carvings date from the Bronze Age and are between 3700 and 2600 years old. In those days the coast was a lot nearer to Begby than it is today, so the carvings would have been close to the sea. Carvings of ships are frequently seen on the panels and they are often set in water flows on the rocks, the appropriate location for ships. Other carvings represent animals, carts, people and perhaps gods and heros. Some carvings are of indeterminate objects and indeed whilst much of the interpretation is based on knowledge of Bronze Age culture, some must be speculative. The carvings are painted red by approved archaeologists to make them readily visible to visitors and academic staff, and to help folk see them readily so that they are not trodden on accidentally. In addition the colouring prevents folk who sometimes unthinkingly chalk in carvings to get a better photograph as happens at some other sites in Europe. The paint used is water based and so does not harm the site whereas chalk may do so. Begby is part of the Oldtidsveien or Prehistoric Road on route 110 from the E6 at Skjeberg through to Fredrikstad. There are excellent sites to visit along this short piece or road.
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