Narvik rock carving, Norway

The moose at Brennholtet. 

A single carving of a moose. On a boulder in a small wooded hill on the edge of Narvik town. The site is called Brennholtet.

Narvik is a town in the municipality of the same name, in Nordland county. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjorden and is inside the Arctic Circle. Narvik municipality is shown in red -

It was discovered in 1958. The age of the carving seems to be around 4000-3000 BC. A conservator from Tromso Museum visited a month after discovery and painted the figure in red.

The rock is slanted and glacially smoothed. The animal is portrayed in its natural size, about 2 m long and carved with a naturalistic outline. 

It belongs to the hunter-gatherer type of rock art. This usually depicts wild animals, such as deer, as well as humans and boats. 

It is quite hard to make out the carving now as most of the red paint has gone, although it is still visible on the hind leg -

The route from town is signposted, helleristning means rock carving - 

This photo by JZ from Wikimedia Commons shows the outline more clearly -