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Bingsfoss Petroglyphs
Bingsfoss is a waterfall in Sørum, Lillestrøm and is a part of the river Glomma – the longest river in Norway. Below the waterfall, and along west side of the river, there is a hiking trail. Bingsfoss is also known as Bingsfossen. When walking down this trail there are two spots with petroglyphs next to…
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Ramberg Petroglyphs
Ramberg, or Rambergåsen, is an area with Bronze Age petroglyphs at Jeløy in Moss, Norway. The site is located in a rather large hiking area, and they can be a bit hard to spot along the trail. I didn’t see signs leading to the petroglyphs, but there is a small sign with information about the…
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Kalnes Petroglyphs
Kalnes is located in Sarpsborg, and is a part of Oldtidsruta in Østfold. Like the other rock carvings in the area, Kalnesfeltet is dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE). The carved figures at Kalnes are unique and interesting, but today they are difficult to see because they haven’t been repainted. There…
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Hafslund petroglyphs
The Hafslund petroglyphs are located in the fields close to Hafslund Manor (Hafslund Hovedgård) and Hafslundparken in Sarpsborg. The rock art is scattered among several exposed rock surfaces in the fields. The petroglyphs are unpainted, but some of them are still quite visible depending on the different types of rock they are carved into. The…
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Begby Gullskår Petroglyphs
The Begby petroglyphs in Fredrikstad are dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE). This is the largest rock art site located along Oldtidsruta in Østfold. This site is usually just referred to as Begby, or Begbyfeltene – named after the nearby Begby farm. There are two main groups of petroglyphs at Begby,…
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Hornesfeltet
Hornesfeltet is another one of the many petroglyph sites dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE) located along Oldtidsruta. Hornes is in Skjeberg, Sarpsborg Hornesfeltet mostly consists of ship figures, but there are also some cup marks (skålgroper) and one human. The painting had started to fade from many of the petroglyphs…
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Solbergfeltet
Solbergfeltet is located in Sarpsborg, and is among the many petroglyph sites located along Oldtidsruta in Østfold. Like the other rock carvings in the area, Solbergfeltet is dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE). The site has been adapted to universal accessibility. Solbergfeltet actually consists of two patches of rock carvings that…
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Bjørnstadfeltet
Bjørnstadfeltet is a site with petroglyphs in Sarpsborg and a part of Oldtidsruta. The site is also known as Bjørnstadskipet, or the Bjørnstad ship, because of the large ship figure dominating the site. The petroglyphs are dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (1800 BCE -500 BCE) The petroglyphs at the site are painted, but the…
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Glittersjå Fjellgård
Large deer species like Reindeer and Moose are very common in the Norwegian Stone Age petroglyphs. As part of the research for Fortidens Norge, where I use drawing to experiment with the interpretation of the Norwegian petroglyphs, I visited a farm with Reindeer and Moose to study these animals.
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Ekeberg Petroglyphs
I traveled to and photographed the petroglyphs at Ekeberg in Oslo for Fortidens Norge. These petroglyphs are dated to around 3000 BCE during the Nordic Stone Age. The location of the petroglyphs are fairly close to the Oslo city center, but I still managed to get a bit lost when driving there with the city…