Rock Carvings at Vingen

One of the largest rock carving sites in Northern Europe, located along the Froysjoen strait in Bremanger, Vestland county, Norway [1]. The site contains approximately 2,300 documented figures, predominantly deer [1] [2]. First publicly documented in 1912 by Kristian Bing, though locals knew of the carvings since about 1884 [2] [3]. The motifs may represent fertility symbolism or concepts of life, death and reincarnation [4] [5]. Closed to the public by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage due to conservation concerns [1] [2].