<< Our Photo Pages >> Sverstad - Carving in Norway in Vestfold
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Multi-periodSite Name: SverstadCountry: Norway Fylke: Vestfold Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Sandefjord
Latitude: 59.137789N Longitude: 10.234559E
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 |
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Early Bronze age Rock Carving in Vestfold, Norway
This site consists of a rocky outcrop with rock art from early bronze age. The rock art is in danger from being erased because of erosion and some parts of the rocky surface has been covered up in an effort to slow down the erosion process and preserve the rock art site for the future. The only visible carvings on this site visible are some smaller cup marks.
The site is located inside a modern cemetery and a small park with larger trees around the site itself and is easy to find.
The site consists of 6 carvings of ships, very typical bronze age ship carvings and 127 cup marks. When I visited the site I could however only find around 10 shallow cup marks.
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