<< Our Photo Pages >> Leikneset stone carvings - Carving in Norway
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Multi-periodSite Name: Leikneset stone carvings Alternative Name: DyrebergetCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 7.333 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Narvik Nearest Village: Bognes
Latitude: 68.239296N Longitude: 16.061754E
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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It consists of a number of animal figures outlined in a natural-size pattern, the whale figure is 7,2 meters long.
The technique used is also very different from most of the rock carvings we know about from scandinavia! it is actually not carved, but ground into the rocks, using maybe sand and water among with harder stones. This is a technique known from 8 sites in Norway only. All of them in Northern Norway.
The carvings consist of moose, raindeer, red deer, whale figures, fish figures, bears and also a hare.
It is also in a beautiful landscape and nature overlooking the Tysfjord. The terrain around is a small forest with pine trees.
Note: Coordinates revised in August 2009
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