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Penne Petroglyphs
Penne is one of the few known locations with petroglyphs in Agder, Southern Norway. It’s not a very large site, and it is dated to around 1000 BCE in the Nordic Bronze Age. Typically of the Norwegian Bronze Age petroglyphs, “jordbruksristninger”, the site mainly features ship figures. There are also some cup marks. There is…
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Løberg Petroglyphs
The Løberg petroglyphs are located on a rock at a farm in the area Løberg of Gjerpen in Skien municipality. They’re dated to around 700 BCE during the Nordic Bronze Age. Along with the ship figures typical for Norwegian Bronze Age carvings, there are also more unique carvings of animals that look like horses. These…
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Haugen Petroglyphs
The petroglyphs at Haugen is located between Sandefjord and Larvik. The site features spiral figures, and some of them resemble humanoid forms with heads, horns/antennae and feet. The petroglyphs are dated to the Nordic Bronze Age (~1500-500 BCE). The figures were once painted for visibility, but this is no longer done because painting petroglyphs can…
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Åskollen Petroglyphs
There is a small site with petroglyphs at Åskollen in Drammen, located within walking distance from the petroglyphs at Skogerveien. The main figure is a large moose with intricate internal patterns. There are also supposed to be two smaller more abstract figures. The figures are dated to around 4500 BCE during the Nordic Stone Age.…
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Skogerveien Petroglyphs
The petroglyphs at Skogerveien is located in a residential area in Drammen, a short distance away from the Åskollen petroglyphs. The rock art is dated to around 4000 BCE during the Nordic Stone age. The site has figures of fish, a whale and a deer. They all have internal patterns, and the patterns on the…
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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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The Hunn Stone Circles
Hunnfeltene is an area of burial fields from the approximately 1000 BCE during the Nordic Bronze Age. The fields are in Fredrikstad and a part of Oldtidsruta. I made brief visit to one of these fields with stone circles on my way to sites with petroglyphs in the area.