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Site WatchSite Name: Isle of Vera Alternative Name: Vera Island, Lake TurgoyakCountry: Russia
NOTE: This site is 204.949 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Chelyabinsk Nearest Village: Turgoyak
Latitude: 55.161453N Longitude: 60.031119E
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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 |
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Standing Stones in Russia. The Urals intends to develop pilgrimage to the "Russian Stonehenge" [here we go again... MegP Ed] A new museum complex to study and preserve ancient megaliths (ceremonial structures of massive stones) will be soon created in the Isle of Vera, Lake Turgoyak of the Chelyabinsk region. According to Senior Research Scientist of the Chelyabinsk Research Center of the Institute for History and Archeology of the Urals department of RAS Stanislav Grigoryev, researchers have a great work on their hands to restore megaliths and improve the territory of the island.
The Isle of Vera is well known among tourists; about 15 thousand people come to see it every year. Its territory is now grassless and has almost no underbrush. Archeological monuments have also suffered from tourists. Many of them are now in an unsafe condition and need restoration,” said Grigoriev at an Interfax press conference in Chelyabinsk.
According to Grigoryev, “the isle has so many different ancient constructions that it can be turned into one of the most interesting open air museums, ranking next to the Stonehenge in England.”
“Among the most interesting monuments of the isle are its megaliths, similar to the famous megaliths of the Western Europe and Middle East. The largest of them is about 18 meters long, and weighs about 17 tons. Most likely, it is a temple complex related to the sun calendar cult,” added Grigoryev.
“These megaliths are at average six thousand years old. Their further study may possibly change the history of the mountain forest zone of the Urals in the end of the Stone Age. Megaliths will help us follow connections between the Urals and the Middle East,” said Grigoryev.
Source: Interfax.
Note: Did you know of these Russian Megaliths, we didn't. See comment for a paper on them.
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