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Nils Hertzber’s watercolour from 1829 gives us an impression of the burial site with the menhirs at Årbakkesanden.

Årbakka- The prehistoric site

19.06.2018 - 17:47

The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through the last 350 years. All the same, we still know very little of this unique cultural monument.

The gold ring from Vikse.

Vikse

13.03.2018 - 21:21

Tjernagelshaugen

Tjernagel

19.06.2018 - 17:14

For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn in his account of Knut the Mighty, who in the year of 1028 sailed from Denmark to Nidaros: “And in front of the old cairn at Tjernagel sailed soldiers sharp with peace”.

Bautastein, Straumen gard (Svein Nord)

Straumen

06.05.2019 - 10:37

Onarheim

19.06.2018 - 17:45

The Gramshaug rock paintings.

Gramshaug

29.05.2019 - 16:43

Boat bow of oak shaped like an animal head.

Dalland

19.06.2018 - 17:15