Two ships and two horses carved into a granite slope

Two ships and two horses carved into a granite slope

Two ships. Two horses. Four wheels. What did these carvings in Vallentuna represent?

Örstaristningen is a rock carving area at Angarnssjöängen in Angarns socken, Vallentuna kommun. It is one of the largest rock carvings in the Stockholm area, executed on a sloping granite outcrop.

The carving depicts two ships and two horses, one of which pulls a wagon with four wheels. One of the ships is around 2.5 meters long. The site is located in a region where several other, less distinct carvings may also exist, though these remain uncertain.

As a petroglyph site, Örstaristningen remains a significant archaeological area in the local landscape, preserving these ancient depictions on the stone surface.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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