Sunday, June 8, 2008

Tingvoll rock drawings

Although not mentioned in any bigger guide about Norway, there are numerous rock drawing in the ares of Tingvoll dating back to the stone age. These are not like the rock carving in Tanum(Sweden) or Alta. In order to produce the figures the rock was scratched many times so that the iron in the rock got oxidized and the resulting red color was preserved until today. The drawings are not easy to find but the area is beautiful anyway. We saw the fish and the reindeer/moose drawings. There are more drawings in the area but not accessible for the public so that they are not destroyed.

















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