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Submitted by Megalithic89 on Friday, 08 March 2024 Page Views: 153
Multi-periodSite Name: Cazis PetrushügelCountry: Switzerland Canton: Graubünden Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chur Nearest Village: Cazis
Latitude: 46.733580N Longitude: 9.422510E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Megalithic89 visited on 7th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The interesting stone on the plateau starts a straight line to the Sogn Martegn Church of Cazis and further ahead to the rock art of Carshenna (stone No. 2).
For those who wish to check this on google maps: 46.69432N 9.46174E ; 46.71952N 9.43648E ; 46.73366N 9.42244E. All 3 sites are said to be prehistoric.
1938 - 1951 the forest engineer W. Burkhardt explored the distinctive settlement plateau of the Petrus Hill of Cazis and discovered the remains of Neolithic settlements. Because of the thick-walled ceramic finds, he assigned this station to the Horgener culture.
In addition to ceramic remains, numerous bone and antler artifacts were found on Petrushügel, but also several stone axe blades made of serpentinite, a large number of saw plates, various flint and radiolarite instruments, such as arrowheads and blade tools, as well as rock crystal.
Excavations carried out by the University of Zurich under the direction of Prof. Dr. M. Primas in 1981 and 1982 revealed that the settlement site of Cazis-Petrushügel was probably used seasonally for hunting, cattle grazing, antler processing and serpentinite processing in the later 4th and 3rd centuries BC. In addition to Neolithic settlement remains, sporadic Bronze Age and Late Medieval remains were found on Petrushügel.
This is a slightly abbreviated translation of the information board of the municipality of Cazis and the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Graubünden.
Nearest Public Transport Stop is “Cazis Abzweigung Klinik Beverin”. From the country road you can reach the site in 30 minutes on foot, on a safe wide forest path. There is also a shorter, steep path through the forest. Parking should be possible in the vicinity of the Public Transport Stop.
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