Rosslandsguden

Rosslandsguden is a 61 cm high stone head found in the early 18th century at Rossland in Sokndal municipality in Rogaland.

Text by Arnt Olav Klippenberg and Wikipedia

Rossland is home to an old temple. The altar still stands here. The Rossland god, together with the blotekarkar, is in the Jøssingfjord Science Museum, but exact replicas have been placed at Rossland. Ross means horse, and the whole area is described as a mythical landscape. The site can probably be linked to a fertility cult. Turn off from county road 44. Rosslandsguden is well signposted. There is a car park at the top.
Read more about the Rossland God here.

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