Bogge Rock Carvings

You are now in the village of Bogge, the gateway to the rock carvings. Follow the signs and drive the farm road down to the sea. Park below the farm and follow the information signs and stairs through the rock carvings. There are toilets in the car park. The rock carvings are Møre and Romsdal’s biggest collection of prehistoric rock art. All together there are 80–90 carvings registered in the 3 fields. The two upper fields have animal motifs and are hunter’s art from the Stone Age, estimated to be between 5000 and 6500 years old. The third and lowest field has boat motifs and is around 2500 years old dating from the transition from the bronze to the Iron Age. The carvings are signs and symbols carved into the mountain at a time when people lived from hunting and trapping. The carvings could be a reminder of good trapping places and rich hunting grounds, or magical pictures which gave the hunters power over the animals they wanted to catch.