Rock carvings on the Lökeberg

Redrawing by Montelius 1877

The rock carvings on the Lökeberg near Munkedal are in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Bohuslän .

The rock carvings on the Lökeberg date from the younger Bronze Age (around 1100 to 700 BC) and are one of the largest collections of images in Sweden. Many motifs are rare, like the big tree or the amount of the soles of the feet . The largest area, Foss 6: 1, comprises around 150 images, including cup-and-ring markings , human figures, ships, animals and a variety of other characters, on an area of ​​around 30 × 10 meters. Immediately adjacent are five smaller areas.

See also

• Rock carvings in Sweden

• Lökeberg
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Web links

Commons : Felsritzungen am Lökeberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rock carving Foss 6: 1 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Rock carving Foss 7: 1 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Rock carving Foss 8: 1 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Rock carving Foss 9: 1 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Rock carving Foss 9: 2 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Rock carving Foss 10: 1 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Description (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58 ° 24 ′ 57.8 "  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 49.1"  E