[Stones] Gotland

[Vidar Ringstrom]

Ric <megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:


> Questions:
>  
> Stone Circle at Trullhalsar (Anga) * this looks like a stone circle with a
> single stone at its centre?
>  

There were at least two stone circles with a senter stone. 

You can see for yourself though, click on the link "Besøk Trullhalsar
digitalt" on this page:

http://www.foteviken.se/sweden/gotland/trullhals/trull.htm

>  
> the Trojaborg (labyrinth) at Fro:jel: how old is this please?

There are several Trojaborg's on Gotland. We've been to two and as I recall
it they were very vague on dates. "Prehistoric?" is as close as one gets I
think. 

Vidar
>  
> I know nothing factual about prehistoric(?) labyrinths * there is supposed
> to be a *maze* near to Avebury, but what form it takes I have no idea? I
> might be mistaken though * I keep seeing a roadside sign advertising a
> maze north of Avebury?
>  
> (or are these directions to the M4?)
>  
> lol
>  
> Thanks Vidar!
>  
> ric
>
> Vidar Ringstrom <vidar at bibsyst.no> wrote:
>
>   Hi all
>
>   I've been lurking on this list for a few months and enjoyed it so far.
>
>   As you can guess from my mail-adress I'm norwegian and live on the small
>   island Veierland, in Vestfold county in Norway. Vestfold is on the
>   western
>   side of the Oslofjord, which means that there are some sites of interest
>   to
>   this list close by where I live. As a matter of fact there are two
>   bronze-age burials a couple of hundred meters from our house, admittedly
>   small but still :)
>
>   The ship-setting/stone-circle Istrehaagan is probably the bestknown
>   site,
>   but there are a few more in the area.
>
>   But as you all probably know, the stones are always bigger elsewhere. In
>   october we spent some days on the swedish island Gotland visiting mainly
>   ship-settings. I've made a blogg with some pictures here:
>
>   http://blog.hanshan.org
>
>   It was my first go at a blog, so you'll have to start at the bottom to
>   follow the chronology of the thing ...
>
>   http://iloblog.hanshan.org/blog?NewComment&post=3
>   http://iloblog.hanshan.org/blog?NewComment&post=4
>   http://iloblog.hanshan.org/blog?NewComment&post=5
>
>   Regards,
>   Vidar Ringstro/m
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