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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.
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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…