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Submitted by BRANCO on Sunday, 15 February 2009  Page Views: 30231

Multi-periodSite Name: Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap Alternative Name: Vrh nad Čolniščami
Country: Slovenia
NOTE: This site is 37.567 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Zagorje ob Savi  Nearest Village: Čolnišče
Latitude: 46.070200N  Longitude: 14.587210E
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
3 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.
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
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Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by branco : Site in slovenia: Narrow channel leads upwards to the trap chamber. The trap chamber is about 2.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide, while the depth is over 2 meters. All of the corners are rounded up to the top with a radius approximately 35cm. The surface of the radius is flattening up to the top of the trap chamber. This way any corner rock embossments that might become helpful in a trying escap... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Slovenia

Type of site: Prehistoric trap

For better presentation how the prehistoric trap looks like, showing its entrance and the chamber deepening, additional photos were taken.
Wondering around the trap turned up the second one.

It is situated approx. 300m underneath the first trap on the slope upon positioned 552m above sea level. The access with the car is more convenient from the other direction thus only 150m path remain from the car right to the trap. The first trap is according to GPS measuring situated exactly at 600m above sea level. A few days ago one of the visitors expressed an interest if there is any indication regarding the age of the trap.
Beside barrows remains, I have simply forgotten to mention that as a walker I didn’t pay much attention to the flints found not far from the trap up until now. Flints appeared to me on the same day as a trap. Regarding the distance from the trap site and where the flints were found it just might be one more settlement. Far from being a professional, I leave this matter of judgment entirely to you, to estimate according to the flints shape consideration, what this is we are looking at.

Prehistoric trap II
The first two pictures of the trap II showing separately, the channel entrance leading towards the trap chamber, and the trap chamber itself. The third one is showing the channel turn with part of the trap chamber, while upon the 4th picture there is a trap position as a whole. The narrow about 0,6m wide and approx. 6m long channel is cut into the rock as well as the trap chamber. The beginning of the channel itself starts at a point scarcely 0.7m away from the abyss, with immediate deepening of about 0.7m depth, and 1m wide, narrowing slowly down to approximately 0.6m width leading towards the chamber. When the beast made its way towards the bait, as a matter of fact it would not have had any chance left to escape anymore. The Abyss behind the channel entrance didn’t allow any escape by jumping. I also assumed pointed sticks with their sharp ends inverted towards the chamber, whereby a“hedgehog caressing effect” was achieved. This allowing an easy approach towards the bait, while on the other side preventing the way back out of the chamber.
The lower wall of the channel is 0.7m deep while the upper wall is higher due to the angle of slope . When the channel comes close to the lower part of the chamber, it makes a sheer turn up into the chamber.
This trap is located on steeper slope, therefore the channel turn is almost level with the ground.
The amount of soil collected in the channel/chamber is deeper, but the trap chamber deepness does not reach Trap I, while chamber length and width are much the same. Someone might say, nonsense, all the remains are covered with soil in such a long period of time. But karstic land is very much like cheese. The land hardly seems to loose any soil.
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Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by BRANCO : Site in Slovenia: Trap II: Trap position as a whole (Vote or comment on this photo)

Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by BRANCO : Site in Slovenia: Trap I: Chamber with the entrance channel (Vote or comment on this photo)

Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by BRANCO : Site in Slovenia: Trap II: The channel with the part of a chamber (Vote or comment on this photo)

Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by BRANCO : Site in Slovenia: Trap II: Channel entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by BRANCO : Site in Slovenia: Trap I: Entrance

Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap
Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap submitted by BRANCO : Site in Slovenia: Trap II: The chamber

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Re: Čolnišče Prehistoric Trap by Martin_L on Monday, 16 February 2009
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Very clear and instructive article + good photos. Thank you.
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