Pagan altar in Ersdal
The heath altar in Ersdal is located in Sira near Flekkefjord in the west of Fylke Agder in Norway . From other places in this part of Agder and in Rogaland pagan altars and holy stones are also known ( pagan altar of Rossland).
The pagan altar in Ersdal consists of a large square boulder with a flat surface. Layers of stone at the corners support the stone block in the surface of which a single bowl is engraved. A boulder in the shape of a trough is under the altar.
Years ago the altar, surrounded by a stone wall, was on a large burial ground with smaller round hills. The wall and most of the round hills were later lost.
literature
- Emil Reisch : Altar. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 1640-1691.
- Rudolf Hallo : The Monumental Altars of Antiquity, Dissertation Göttingen 1923 (unprinted).
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Coordinates: 58 ° 26 '13.4 " N , 6 ° 41' 50.4" E