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<< Our Photo Pages >> Libenice Menhir - Modern Stone Circle etc in Czech Republic

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 17 May 2006  Page Views: 6508

Modern SitesSite Name: Libenice Menhir
Country: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 3.623 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Praha  Nearest Village: Libenice
Latitude: 49.985460N  Longitude: 15.258043E
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
 5 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
 4

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Libenice Menhir
Libenice Menhir submitted by dodomad : Libenice rune stone [ed.: modern statue commemorating the prehistoric site. See comments to the site page for details.] Dorothy writes: We visited my ancestral village of Libenice last year and here is our picture of the stone in the town square where my grandfather Jaroslav Drahovzal was born and lived til he emigrated to USA in 1890. If anyone has more information about the stories of ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern commemorative standing stone in the Czech Republic, Bohemia

Tall pointy menhir from former dug in henge. (ed.: the Libenice menhir has been moved to a museum at Prague, the standing stone to be seen at Libenice nowadays is a modern commemorative stone)
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 531m NNE 24° Libenice Shrine* Ancient Temple
 2.3km SE 130° Bába (The Hag)* Ancient Cross
 2.4km SE 134° Kaňk Menhir* Modern Stone Circle etc
 2.9km SSE 164° Kutna Hora's stone circle* Modern Stone Circle etc
 2.9km SSE 164° Kutná Hora Megaliths* Modern Stone Circle etc
 4.9km SSW 202° Wellspring of St. Vojtech* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 4.9km SSW 202° Spring of St. Vojtech* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 5.6km SSW 193° Bylany Neolithic Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
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 26.3km WSW 240° Stone Man* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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Re: Libenice Menhir by davidmorgan on Thursday, 20 February 2014
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Re: Libenice Menhir by Andy B on Thursday, 20 February 2014
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I think this is the same stone - it should be findable on Street view to check and update the location.

Dorothy writes: Libenice rune stone. We visited my ancestral village of Libenice last year and here is our picture of the stone in the town square where my grandfather Jaroslav Drahovzal was born and lived til he emigrated to USA in 1890.

If anyone has more information about the stories of these stones and their history I would be very interested to hear them.
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