<< Our Photo Pages >> Mohyla Chotouň - Artificial Mound in Czech Republic in Bohemia
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Multi-periodSite Name: Mohyla Chotouň Alternative Name: Homole sv. Prokopa, Chotouň TumulusCountry: Czech Republic
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Region: Bohemia Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Kolín Nearest Village: Chotouň
Latitude: 50.065959N Longitude: 14.962579E
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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Probably the best preserved and definitely the most famous prehistoric tumulus in Czech republic. The mound localy known as a Homole (simply Hummock) is situated SE of the village Chotouň which is an ancient settlement where Saint Procopius of Sázava was born in 987 A.D. Also from another point of view is the person of St. Procopius important here.
Just about 300m south from the mound used to be the end/begining of so called Devil's Groove or Devil’s Furrow. This enigmatic prehistoric "highway" was directly associated with a legend of Procopius (for the details see the topic "Devil's Groove"). According the legend, the mound arose at the place where the devil threw the mud that he had scratched from the Procopius plough after digging the furrow. Anyway the question is obvious. Is proximity of these two ancient earthworks only coincidence?
Despite the lack of direct evidence, the mound is mostly being dated to the 7th century BC. It is very likely that it is the burial place of some important noble man of the Iron Age. A partial archeological survey from the 19th century did not bring any significant findings. Iron cross on the top of the tumulus is from 1808.
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