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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stødi sacrificial site - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway in Nordland

Submitted by kenntha88 on Tuesday, 03 November 2009  Page Views: 4406

Natural PlacesSite Name: Stødi sacrificial site
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 26.899 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Nordland Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Bodø  Nearest Village: Mo i Rana
Latitude: 66.568322N  Longitude: 15.337429E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Stødi sacrificial site submitted by kenntha88 : Stødi sacrificial site (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway

This same sacrificial site is located on the high-elevation mountain plains on Saltfjellet, close to the small railway station at Stødi.
It consist of three huge natural boulders located with just some few metres in space between them. One of the boulders have a broad natural crack running trough it.
Some years ago, there were still visible stone rings very close to the stones. The Sami used this site for sacrifice and religious activity as late as the 1800s. But it is difficult to know when the site was first put to use.
The boulders are easy to see from miles away doe to the lack of vegetation and the flat landscape! They are easy to see even from the highway about 1 km to the east. The site is just some few miles from the border to Sweden, it is also just some few miles from the arctic circle.
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Stødi sacrificial site
Stødi sacrificial site submitted by kenntha88 : Stødi sacrificial site (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stødi sacrificial site
Stødi sacrificial site submitted by kenntha88 : Stødi sacrificial site (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stødi sacrificial site
Stødi sacrificial site submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stødi sacrificial site
Stødi sacrificial site submitted by kenntha88 : Stødi sacrificial site (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Stødi sacrificial site by tombraider on Thursday, 23 February 2017
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I've always been interested in these. The only one I visited does not seem to be catalogued, while in the Arctic Cirle Centre I saw 'OpferPlatz' marked on a small-scale map on the wall. I struggled across a wild river and rocky hillside to reach it, unfortunately have no photo. Thought the Arctic Circle would be an excellent place to sacrifice for the return of the sun.
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