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<< Our Photo Pages >> Šemík's grave - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Czech Republic in Bohemia

Submitted by ladrin on Friday, 05 February 2016  Page Views: 954

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Šemík's grave Alternative Name: Šemík's stone
Country: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 14.273 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Bohemia Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hostomice  Nearest Village: Neumětely
Latitude: 49.851841N  Longitude: 14.033921E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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
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Šemík's grave
Šemík's grave submitted by ladrin : The site is well signposted and ease to locate in the middle of the village. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Bohemia

Šemík's grave has straight relation with famous czech medieval legend about Horymír and Křesomysl. "Local nobleman Horymír was sentenced to death by mythological duke Křesomysl because destroying his gold and silver mines. Horymír did this with the help of "Spirits of the Night" to prevent peasants leaving their fields. Before the execution he asked if he can ride his horse Šemik for the last time and it was permitted. Horymir then spurred his horse and jumped over the wall of Vyšehrad hillfort to the river Vltava and saved Horymir´s life (Must add there is a pretty high rock there...). However the horse died after reaching shelter and Horymír buried him placing the great stone above his grave."

The stone is more the one metre long piece of quartzite block and since 1887 is hidden under little classicist memorial. The site has great respect of local people and always had. In 1813 villagers spontaneously protected it before Russian soldiers who searched for the treasure e.g. In fact there are many interesting stones nearby probably old Slavic burial stones. And even prehistoric cult of the white horse is somehow ubiquitous in this area. Mysterious karst massif called Golden Horse is just 10km away and the most famous caves in there is named "Koněprusy" translated as a "White Horses"...
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Šemík's grave
Šemík's grave submitted by ladrin : Old painting of the Šemík's jump. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Šemík's grave
Šemík's grave submitted by ladrin : Another interesting stones stand close by. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Šemík's grave
Šemík's grave submitted by ladrin : Sacred stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

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