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Submitted by ladrin on Tuesday, 14 March 2023  Page Views: 1499

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cehnice Stone Circle Alternative Name: Kamenný kruh z Cehnic
Country: Czech Republic Region: Bohemia Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Strakonice  Nearest Village: Cehnice
Latitude: 49.213484N  Longitude: 14.039676E
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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
4

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Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Stone circle Cehnice in 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)
There are practically no prehistoric monuments similar to stone circles in Bohemia existing today. Several reports and illustrations mostly from 19th century show evidence that circles were pretty common, but as many other megalithic monuments, did not survive till our times unfortunately. Today we can talk just about fragments at most.

So the archaeologists were even more surprised by the discovery on private property near the village of Cehnice. During the construction of a new pond (unauthorized BTW) prehistoric pottery shreds were discovered between obviously regularly aligned stones.

Expert survey of the site confirmed prehistoric social-cultic monument from the period of so called "Knovíz culture" (Late Bronze Age). The object was identified as a cromlech of rather oval shape consiting of nine outer and one central stone. All were coarse-grained granite boulders of the local origin from 0,5 - 1m high.

Being on private property the site was preserved somehow and findings were deposited in regional muzeum at Strakonice. Apart of pottery shreds it consists also of mesolithic flintstones pieces. Heavy machinery then after carried on its work which after some time was stopped definitely. New pond never completed. And as a reasult, the site was totaly damaged. Today it is desolate and completely lost in dense and wild vegetation.

Municipal authority built in the center of the village some nice modern stone monument as a reminder of its ancient history. (It will surely deserves its own topic.) Also an explanatory reminder can be found on a tourist information board.

One funny fact. Archeologists discovered also unusual objects that caused quite a mess. Two small lightwight pyramids of green colour. Some people became spreading wild theories. But soon was confirmed that both pyramids were simply fabricated by some joker (actually made of acrylate) and simply planted to the place of excavation.

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Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Archaeological probes scheme from excavation in 2003 (image rights Jan Michálek) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Illustrative picture of another South Bohemian stone circle near Rovná (Woldřich 1874) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : The circle was heavily damaged during unauthorized construction of a new pond which had never been built. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : The stones were pieces of coarse-grained granite of a local origin from 0,5 - 1m high. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Nothing much has left from the Cehnice stone circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : The site of the Late Bronze Age monument is desolate and lost in vegetation.

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Fragments of Cehnice stone circle

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Excavation of Cehnice stone circle in 2003 (photo rights OU Cehnice)

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin

Cehnice Stone Circle
Cehnice Stone Circle submitted by ladrin : Stone circle in 2020... virtually destroyed

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