Bronze-Age rock art in Skepplanda, in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland, Sweden. The official RAÄ name is Skepplanda 20:1 – see http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10177100200001. Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/LoZjbSNVXjD2 is currently inaccurate (I have submitted an edit) – the inscription is at the foot of the cliff, near the path; no climbing required!
Select Matcap in the Model Inspector to remove colour. Can you see all the features painted on the rock? In particular, look for the “arrowhead” at the end of the wagon (bottom right), and the curved “thumb” of the hand-like feature. These features are painted on, but I did not see the same features in the model or in reality - nor did the RÄA inspector in 1982 (when the inscription was not painted - see the PDF link in the top link above) - nor are they in Skepplanda’s “krokodilen” logo https://www.hembygd.se/skepplanda-hembygdsforening/hallristningar/.
3D model generated from 91 images using Colmap 3.5 (dev2) and Meshlab. Images taken 2018-07-20.
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