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Herøy Petroglyphs (Roskarristninga)
I visited the petroglyph site at Roskaret in Herøy municipality on the 1st of September 2024. The site is known as Roskarristninga, and is found in a part of Herøy called Leikong, The reddish rock-type here is olivine, which is a fairly soft mineral that in this case has a reddish color from the iron…
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Midsund Petroglyphs
19th October 2023 I was in Midsund to do a workshop about petroglyphs at a school. Teachers at the school told me about some petroglyphs on the island that I was unaware of, and gave me directions to the site. I traveled to see them on the same day. The two petroglyphs at Reitaneset in…
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Bogge Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Bogge on the 11th of July 2023. Bogge, also known as Boggestranda, is a fairly large and diverse petroglyphs site located between Eidsvåg and Eresfjord in Molde. While all the figures seem to be deer animals, they are draw in in different styles. The large and more realistic moose figure…
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Stykket Petroglyphs
I travelled to see the petroglyphs at Stykket on the 11th of July 2023. Stykket is a place in the village Stadsbygd in Indre Fosen. If going there by car from Trondheim, there is a ferry at Flakk going to Rørvik, and from there it is a short drive over to Stykket. The petroglyphs are…
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Strand Petroglyphs
The following photographs are from my trip to the petroglyphs at Strand in Osen on the 8th of July 2023. This is a small site with a few animal figures and abstract patterns. The petroglyphs are typically dated around 3000 BCE in the late Nordic Stone Age (10,000 BCE – 1800 BCE). There are, however,…
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Bardal Petroglyphs
I photographed the petroglyphs at Bardal on the 8th of July 2023. Bardalfeltet is named after the farm, Bardal, where the carvings are found in Steinkjer municipality. There is a great variety in the symbols depicted in the rock art found at Bardal, and it is speculated that they were made at different time periods…
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Bøla Petroglyphs
I traveled to see the Bøla petroglyphs on the 8th of July 2023. The area the petroglyphs are located is actually called Stod in Steinkjer municipality, and Bøla is a small river that runs next to the petroglyphs and into the lake Snåsavatnet. The site is also often referred to as Bølarein, or Bølareinen, because…
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Holtås Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Holtås in Levanger on the 2nd of July 2022. The rock art is next to the road when driving along old E6. Holtås, sometimes written as Holte, is in the Ronglan area of Levanger. Holtås has around 100 figures, many resembling deer animals like moose or reindeer. The figures’ carving…
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Evenhus Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Evenhus in Frosta on the 2nd of July 2022. The site is located just behind a small Café along the road, and there is a sign indicating that you can park there to see the petroglyphs. The carvings at Evenhus are dated to around 2000 BCE, which was near the…
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Workshop and Melhus Petroglyphs
I held a workshop/seminar about interpreting rock art for first year archeology students at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. In the evening I joined the students and teachers on a field trip to Melhus to view petroglyphs after dark. There are several areas with recently found petroglyphs in Melhus in the…