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Rock ArtSite Name: Backa Brastad HällristningarCountry: Sweden Landskap: Bohuslän Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Brastad
Latitude: 58.402630N Longitude: 11.490030E
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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Backa is the most southerly site on a Rock Carving Tour which runs through Bohuslän and finishes near the border with Norway. Ten sites are covered including the famous World Heritage sites around Tanum. Each site is signposted and has information boards in several languages.
There is a brief leaflet here in English and Swedish (archive link) and see here for an updated version.
If you can get a hold of it, Images of the Past by John Coles is also very good. It covers the sites on the tour, other rock art sites and other non-rock art prehistoric sites in Bohuslän.
Backa has a famous carving of the "Shoemaker" which has been known about since the 17th century. There are also carvings of "chariots".
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638m SSW 193° Brastad 18:1 Backa Rock Art* Rock Art
2.2km SW 236° Hagan Gånggrift* Passage Grave
3.5km SSW 196° Brastad 620* Rock Art
4.0km SW 218° Vinbräckastenen* Standing Stone (Menhir)
4.3km SSW 204° Rixö Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
4.3km SSW 205° Rixö Gånggrift* Passage Grave
5.6km NW 322° Åby Hällristningar* Carving
5.9km NNW 328° Åby Gånggrift* Passage Grave
7.7km W 270° Askum Rished Hällristningar* Rock Art
8.6km WNW 286° Askum 425:1 Dös Burial Chamber or Dolmen
10.7km WNW 293° Bögebacka Hällkista* Chambered Tomb
11.5km WNW 287° Hunnebo Klåva Gravröse* Cairn
11.7km NW 317° Stenkrets Säm 2:1* Stone Circle
12.8km NNW 336° Stenebacka Domarringen* Stone Circle
13.4km SSE 167° Axels Grave* Cist
13.9km W 277° Askum 402:1 Hällkista Cist
14.0km NNW 329° Vrångstad Long Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
14.1km NNW 332° Vrångstad Hällristningar* Rock Art
14.1km NNW 331° Vrångstads Domarringar* Stone Circle
14.2km NNW 330° Vrångstad Storhögen Round Barrow(s)
14.2km NNW 331° Vrångstads Övre Gravfält* Barrow Cemetery
14.3km NNW 332° Vrångstads Nedre Gravfält* Barrow Cemetery
14.3km NNW 337° Kallsängen* Carving
14.4km SSE 160° Bokenäs 20:1 Dös Burial Chamber or Dolmen
14.8km SSE 162° Bokenäs 22:1 Dös Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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