Helge Gravfelt_Bola_Reindeer_Part_4

The stone circle at Helge Gravfelt was a highlight, but the site over all was enigmatic. With the possibility of missing stones and little documentation. I am left only with my own ideas about the purpose of the site. With 10 stones in a circle, 9 going around a center stone. I feel the stones may represent the 9 months of gestation. That would unite with any burial mounds, to symbolize the cycle of life and death. Life,Death and the cycle of the seasons perhaps.

Here is a link to another site related to Helge Gravfelt. There are photos of the site in the summer from a megalith website.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=24095


Bola Reindeer

This is "the" Reindeer carving. It is circa 6,000 years old. I was totally excited to view it. When we arrived at the site we walked down a path covered in snow which made walking difficult. Half way to the site I spotted tracks in the snow. They were reindeer tracks moving perpendicular to our direction of travel. Keeping alert for rouge reindeer we headed to the place where the carvings are. Unfortunately we didn't account that the amount of snow on the ground was a huge factor. The Reindeer carving was covered with approximately a foot of ice.

Here is a shot of the overall site. Beneath the ice and snow there is also a carving of a bear, a human on skis, and a goose.

http://www.bolarein.no/Engelsk.htm



Here is the link to the line drawings.

Despite the ice, back at the car we spotted live reindeer. They were roaming in a herd through a field across from the parking lot. We were searching for an image, something frozen. While there we saw the actual animal,as it has persisted for 6,000 years.

After Bola we headed south to Sticklestad. This is where the final battle of King Olaf was. It is an ancient battle field with a mock viking village, including a long house, Churches, facilities, gift shop, and a hotel.