<< Text Pages >> Kootsaare Labyrinth - Turf Maze in Estonia
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kootsaare LabyrinthCountry: Estonia
NOTE: This site is 75.962 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Turf Maze
Nearest Town: Kuressaare Nearest Village: Reigi
Latitude: 59.000000N Longitude: 22.486400E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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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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 |
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Estonian old stone classical labyrinth. Mystical place on Hiiumaa island. Typical coastal area. Settled by Swedesh settlers. Have been used for meditation, magic also for different games and incantations. Kootssare labyrinths were called Sailors Games. They were built by Swedish sailors who couls not get away from Hiiumaa after ship was wrecked. The labyrinth was built in about the 16th century.
According to information found in the Estonian Folklore Archive , the labyrinth is also called Jerusalem and it is said to have been built by a sailor who survived a shipwreck.
Source: Wikipedia (translated https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootsaare_kivilab%C3%BCrint 8911 Stone Labyrinth. - Register of cultural monuments https://register.muinas.ee/public.php?menuID=monument&action=view&id=8911
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