Nybø building stone
The Nybø building stone is on Sognefjordvegen, east of Leikanger on the Sognefjord near Sogndal in Fylke Vestland in Norway .
The massive building stone ( menhir ) stands near the coast, below the parking lot of a school. It is about 5.0 meters high, 80 cm wide and 40 to 50 cm thick and made of gray granite .
The stone has been removed from its original place twice. Several Iron Age tombs have been discovered around the stone .
The stone was painted in 1824 by the artist Johan Christian Clausen Dahl (1788–1857).
Nearby are the Balderstein and the Hamre building stone .
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Coordinates: 61 ° 11 ′ 10.7 ″ N , 6 ° 50 ′ 3.8 ″ E