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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Plesná stone crosses Alternative Name: Kamenné kříže PlesnáCountry: Czech Republic Region: Bohemia Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Bad Brambach
Latitude: 50.220830N Longitude: 12.340600E
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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Ancient Cross in Bohemia
Nice sets of three medieval propitiatory crosses, all made of granite and placed above the road leading to the german border. Two of the crosses are damaged, one is missing "head" and the other is missing "right arm".
There is a engraved words on each which if read together give the inscription „REF IN FLEISSEN 1564“. Local priest had this inscription made in 1864 to commemorate the Reformation act at Plesná.
The crosses are much older anyway and no one knows its origin today. The only thing is clear that all the stones were repositioned once. Anyway there is a legend associated to the crosses. At the time of the Thirty Years' War, three soldiers clashed here and massacred each other. One lost his head and another one its right hand...
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