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<< Our Photo Pages >> Litsleby - Carving in Sweden in Bohuslän

Submitted by greywether on Sunday, 17 July 2005  Page Views: 7916

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Litsleby
Country: Sweden Landskap: Bohuslän Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Tanum
Latitude: 58.689030N  Longitude: 11.325290E
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
4 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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4 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
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4 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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 21st Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The large spear-carrying figure in the middle of the carvings impresses and immediately catches the eye.

LeGuMa visited on 21st Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 There's a small parking place and a visit with wheel chair is possible. Uphill on a path through the wood is some more rock carvings and they are called The Horsemen at Tegneby.

XIII visited on 1st Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Tonnox Martin_L DrewParsons davidmorgan have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 4.33

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Litsleby submitted by greywether : A group of horse riders with weapons. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Carvings in Bohuslän

Another site on the Bohuslän Rock Carving Tour.

The main panel here is dominated by a 2.3m long male figure holding a spear. On a nearby panel is a group of horsemen.
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Litsleby submitted by Martin_L : Inverted and adjusted photo from 1993 when the site was not painted. The glacially smoothened granite surface is partly well preserved here. To give an idea of the scale: Length of the riders is 27cm - 36cm [1]. One horse is unfinished (unfinished carvings occur very often). Anthropomorph upper left in adoring posture with undulating line in front. Possibly similar to more obvious carvings of hum... (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Litsleby submitted by Martin_L : Part of Stora Litslebyristningen, RAÄ Tanum 75:1 in July 2018. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 96m E 81° Tanum 72:1 Tegneby* Rock Art
 954m ENE 61° Tanum 28:1 Aspeberget* Rock Art
 966m ENE 60° Aspeberget RAÄ nr 26:1* Rock Art
 970m ENE 62° Tanum 25:1 Aspeberget* Rock Art
 998m SSE 158° Tanum 192:1 Bro Utmark* Rock Art
 1.0km ENE 58° Tanum 18:1 Aspeberget* Rock Art
 1.1km NE 49° Aspeberget* Carving
 1.1km S 179° Emelieborg* Rock Art
 1.3km NNE 30° Tanum 6:1 Vitlycke* Rock Art
 1.4km NNE 27° Tanum 9:1 Vitlycke* Rock Art
 1.6km NNE 25° Vitlycke Carvings* Rock Art
 1.6km NNE 25° Tanums Hällristningar* Carving
 1.6km NNE 17° Vitlycke Rösen* Round Cairn
 1.7km NNE 30° Vitlycke Museum* Museum
 1.8km NNE 30° Vitlycke gravfelt* Barrow Cemetery
 1.8km ESE 113° Lövåsen Hällristningar* Rock Art
 2.1km E 96° Gerum Rune Rock* Rock Art
 2.1km NNW 331° Björnemyren Hällkista* Cist
 3.1km N 8° Kallebystenen* Carving
 3.2km ESE 111° Tanum 357:1 Sotetorp* Rock Art
 3.8km NNW 340° Säm Gånggrift* Passage Grave
 4.0km WNW 289° Greby* Barrow Cemetery
 4.0km NNW 343° Tanumshede Gravröse (1)* Cairn
 4.1km SSE 158° Tanum 405:1 Kalleby* Rock Art
 4.4km SSE 154° Tanum 248:1 Kalleby* Rock Art
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