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Vestvågøy - 16 The Stone Crosses Site/Artefact The Stone Crosses Type Stone crosses Site Number None UTM Grid Reference   Map ( 1:50000) Topografisk Hovedkartserie - M711 No List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here Cross placed upon heathen burial-cairn. Jæren in Rogaland (Photo : Jon Arne Sæter) Description The stone crosses witness the early Christianization of the west coast and were probably raised during the 10th and 11th centuries. Such crosses are to be found in the counties of Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn and Fjordane. The smallest ones are about 2 metres high whilst the largest could be up to 4 metres in height. The shape of the crosses seems to be inspired from England and Ireland. A common trait is that the crosses are raised at old grave places. This tells us that they were made prior to the establishment of the Christian church (not organised or established yet). For us today, the crosses are strongly visible in the landscape, still a proof of the new belief and the new ideology that arrived in the end of the first millennium. Excavation Details Not Available Sketch of the stone-cross prior to 1854 (After Magnus, 1975) Access/Ownership xxx References Magnus, Bente. 1975. Krosshaugfunnet. Et forsøk på kronologisk og stilhistorisk plassering i 5. årh. Rindal, M & G. Steinsland. 2001. Heilage Stader i Norge.   Check out the following sections of the website for related information: Trollsteinen Cross The Sign of the Cross Irish Cross-slab Irish Cross-pillar Other Vestvågøy Sites and Artefacts 1. Borg 2. Buksnesfjorden 3. Bøstad 4. Eggum 5. Einangen 6. Eltoft 7. Holsneset 8. Holsøya 9. Kvalnes 10. Moland 11. Nykmark 12. Skjerpen 13. Trollsteinen 14. Uttakleiv 15. Vendalsjord 16. The Stone Crosses 17. Malnes 18. Borg Burial Mounds 19. Borg Burial Mounds 20. Borg Roman House Site 21. Borg House Remains I:Ia 23. Borg I:Ib 24. Borg House Remains 25. Borg - Midden 26. Borg House Site 27. Borg House Sites 28. Borg Farm Ruins 29. Borg Medieval Sites 30. Borg Burial Mounds 31. Borg Possible Settlement 32. Borg Medieval House Site 33. Borg Boat Houses 34. Burial Mound 35. Burial Mound 36. Borg Burial Mound 37. Borg Modern Church 38. Bøstad Burial Cairn 39. Bøstad Removed Burials 40. Bøstad - Courtyard 41. Boat House and Burial 42. Bøstad House Sites 43. Bøstad Farm Mound 44. Rystad Boat Houses 45. Rystad Burial Mound 46. Burial and Farm Mound 47. Rystad Burial Mound 48. Rystad - Burials 49. Rystad Burial Cairn 50. Handberg Charcoal-Pits 51. Handberg Farm Mound 52. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 1 53. Handberg Charcoal Pit -2 54. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 3 55. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 4 56. Handberg Charcoal Pits 57. Handberg Charcoal Pit 58. Vendalsjord 59. Lie Burial Mound 60. Lie Boat House 61. Lie 62. Løvdal 63. Borgfjord Indre 64. Sletteng 65. Borgfjord Ytre 66. Ytre Borgfjord - Burial 67. Borgfjord Ytre 68. Ytre Borgfjord 69. Borgfjord Ytre 70. Hagvåg Boat House 71. Hagvåg Burial Mound 72. Hagvåg Bridge Construction 73. Evjen Farm Mound

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