Global InformationLeirfall rock carvings information
| Leirfall rock carvings | |
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| Native name Norwegian: Helleristningene på Leirfall | |
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| Type | rock art |
The Leirfall rock carvings, located in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway, are Bronze Age agricultural petroglyphs. The discovery of the site took place between 1910 and 1961. It is one of the largest collections of petroglyphs in the Nordic region, with a total of approximately 900 figures.[1][2][3]
Leirfall is of interest both because of the large number of figures and because of the variety of motifs.[3] The most famous of these is the procession of 13 human figures as well as the large number of footprints, both of which have been interpreted as suggestive of religious rituals. The Leirfall site also includes figures depicting the sun, horses and boats.
The rock carvings at Leirfall are part of a wider network of rock carvings in Stjørdalen (the Stjørdal valley).
- ^ Leirfall; kulturminnesok.no
- ^ Kalle Sognnes (1990). Bergkunsten i Stjørdal. Bind 3: Hegraristningane. NTNU University Museum. pp. 38–46.
- ^ a b Kalle Sognnes (1999). Det levende berget. Trondheim: Tapir forlag. pp. 84–85.