<< Our Photo Pages >> Mårfjellskardet sacrificial site - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Mårfjellskardet sacrificial site Alternative Name: FinnkirkaCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 23.873 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.224477N Longitude: 18.886528E
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 first one consists of four massive cube shaped natural boulders, two really large ones, about 12 metres tall and 12-15 metres wide with a small space between them. Two smaller flat ones are laying into the larger ones, they are flat on top, and look almost as an altar.
There is a small crack between the larger boulders, and we found pieces of reindeer horns inside the crack. Reindeer horns and meat were very commonly used as sacrificial goods. The stones are visible from a very far distance.
Both sites are laying on a huge mountain plateau between two mountains, one in the north-west and the other one in south-east. To get there, you have to walk trough the forest below the mountain, up through a really steep mountainside, and then the stone is visible on a far distance high up on the mountain plateau.
The site is about 500-600 metres above sea level. The view from this site, and of course, from the top of the stone is beautiful! You can see really far from this place.
The other site is located about 50 metres south of the huge boulders. It is also further up in the mountainside. It is not as impressive as the first one, but it is just as interesting!
It consists of a huge round stone laying balanced on top of a smaller one. It is almost human-shaped with shoulders, neck and head. It has been used as a icon of a old semi god. There have been sacrificial rites here too, but if it is connected to the other one, or have been in use at the same time, or separated is uncertain.
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