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

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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
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Sketch of the stone-cross prior to 1854 (After Magnus, 1975)

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