[Stones] Gotland

[Judith Helling]

Maize mazes have got very popular, there's been one near her in Cumbria for a few summers now.
But mazes are different from labyrinths, which have one way in to the centre and one way out again, without all the false trails and cul-de-sacs of mazes.
The Scandinavian labyrinths were made by fishermen, I think, who ran through them before setting sail, thus confusing and losing any following trolls and ensuring a safe, troll-free trip.
Am I right Vidar?  Great pics, many thanks.
Judith 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ric 
  To: The Stones Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:42 AM
  Subject: Re: [Stones] Gotland


  Fascinating!

  Questions:

  Stone Circle at Trullhalsar (Anga) - this looks like a stone circle with a single stone at its centre?
   
   
  the Trojaborg (labyrinth) at Fröjel: how old is this please? 
   
  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 Istrehågan 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 Ringstrøm


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