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<< Text Pages >> Eythra - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in Saxony

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 27 February 2013  Page Views: 1761

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Eythra
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 8.016 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Saxony Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leipzig  Nearest Village: Zitzschen
Latitude: 51.238228N  Longitude: 12.293172E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2

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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Saxony

Number 3 and 4 of the 7000 year old Neolithic Wells were found in this area in 1982 by the brown coal opencast mining destroyed village of Eythra.
About 5500 BCE the area of Eythra was densely populated. Archaeologists found around 300 houses, it is the largest settlement of the Linear Pottery culture and Stroke-ornamented ware culture recorded so far. Two wodden Wells were found in a deep of 5 meters in this area. It is one of the most important finding spots of this era in Germany.

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 9.7km SE 144° Kieritzsch Ancient Village or Settlement
 12.1km E 98° Summstein Dreisgau Modern Stone Circle etc
 13.2km ESE 103° Malberg Großpötzschau Misc. Earthwork
 14.8km E 82° Grosspösna Wallanlage Misc. Earthwork
 17.0km WNW 290° Grab der Schamanin Not Known (by us)
 17.0km WNW 290° Hunnenstein Bad Dürrenberg* Rock Art
 18.9km NNW 348° Altscherbitz Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 20.4km WNW 298° Göhlitzsch Steinkiste Rock Art
 21.1km NNE 31° Plaussig Neolithic Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 21.6km WNW 299° Rössener Hügel* Artificial Mound
 22.0km NNW 333° Stein Grosskugel* Ancient Cross
 23.0km NE 48° Summstein Sehlis Modern Stone Circle etc
 24.3km NW 323° Bornhöck Round Barrow(s)
 26.3km WNW 293° Püppchenstein* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 28.3km N 5° Brodau Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 28.8km SW 220° Droyßiger Tempelwall* Causewayed Enclosure
 29.0km SW 217° Der kalte Stein* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 29.1km SW 216° Schkauditz* Causewayed Enclosure
 29.5km W 260° Schloss Goseck* Museum
 30.2km W 262° Sonnenobservatorium Goseck* Henge
 30.8km WSW 243° Stein von Görschen* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 30.8km E 95° Nimbschen Hügelgrab 1 Round Barrow(s)
 30.9km E 95° Nimbschen Hügelgrab 3 Round Barrow(s)
 30.9km E 95° Nimbschen Hügelgrab 2 Round Barrow(s)
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