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Rock ArtSite Name: Råhaugen Alternative Name: Onsøy PrestegårdCountry: Norway Fylke: Østfold Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Fredrikstad
Latitude: 59.269520N Longitude: 10.870585E
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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The rock art site at Råhaugen consists of four parts on different rock outcrops surrounded by grain fields. The rocky outcrops have cattle fences surrounding them and are also surrounded by tall grass. Some signposts have been put up and a footpath leads north from the country road called Torpebråten going east-west.
Sadly the site have been in danger of erosion and some of the figures have been almost totally erased by the erosion. Some of the rock art panels have been covered up in earth the moss to protect them from the elements and further erosion. Only visible today are several panels with cup marks. Among the covered figures are a 2 metres long ship figure called "Onsøyskipet", a group of 11 smaller ships and three groups of 13, 35 and 70 cup marks.
When the fence was built around the site, a panel with 99 cup marks was found. This panel is still visible today, the other part that was visible is interesting because it has a group of very large cup marks.
The cup marks in the second part are around 4 to 22 cm in diameter and some of the cup marks are almost 5cm deep. They are among the deepest cup marks known in Norway. The site is also consisting of a human figure, but this figure is very difficult to see and is almost only visible in low light.
To the north of the rock art site is a large barrow cemetery, I was not able to get there to photograph as I could not cross the grain field. I decided to leave it to next time!
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657m SSE 149° Torpebråten* Barrow Cemetery
836m NW 317° Nordre Valle* Barrow Cemetery
917m W 272° Ørneveien-Onsøy Prestegård* Barrow Cemetery
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3.6km WSW 251° Elingård-Nord* Stone Circle
3.6km E 94° Evenrød-Borgåsen Hillfort* Hillfort
3.7km WSW 245° Elingård-Sør* Barrow Cemetery
5.9km ESE 118° Ula-Høyfjellveien* Barrow Cemetery
6.1km ENE 69° Hødal Hillfort* Hillfort
6.2km ESE 120° Ula (Fredrikstad)* Barrow Cemetery
6.9km ESE 113° Rå-Råkollveien* Rock Art
7.4km ESE 120° Vestre Nøkleby* Carving
7.5km ESE 114° Evjestien* Rock Art
7.6km ESE 111° Myråsveien* Rock Art
7.6km E 82° Båthaugen Tuneskipet* Round Barrow(s)
8.0km SSE 154° Solhjulet Frederikstad* Stone Circle
8.6km NNE 14° Lundeby Tingsted* Stone Circle
8.8km NNE 19° Borgebråtan* Stone Circle
8.9km N 4° Enerhavna* Round Barrow(s)
8.9km N 3° Graverholtet* Stone Circle
8.9km N 2° Lokrisholtet* Stone Circle
9.0km NNW 327° Meum* Standing Stones
9.1km NE 34° Bjørndalen-Solliskauen Standing stons* Standing Stone (Menhir)
9.4km NE 45° Sandbakken* Standing Stone (Menhir)
9.4km ENE 75° Visterflo Standing Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment
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