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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rotunda StoneCountry: Czech Republic Region: Bohemia Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Praha
Latitude: 50.063703N Longitude: 14.421727E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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135cm tall gneissic menhir standing just behind the romanesque rotunda of St. Martin, in the ancient area of the important Prague settlement called Vyšehrad. Its surface bears traces of rough cutting.
The nearest finding place of such a type of stone is 60 Km away from Prague.
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