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Submitted by turmistika on Sunday, 09 June 2013 Page Views: 7692
Natural PlacesSite Name: The Devil Stones (Maribor)Country: Slovenia
NOTE: This site is 11.899 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Maribor Nearest Village: Kamnica
Latitude: 46.574617N Longitude: 15.613461E
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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kozmoplov visited on 1st Jan 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 It's hard to comment, 'cause you must see it. When you are there and when you see all the details, there's no way this is natural formation.
I have also some photos, that are not so beautiful like turmistika(s), but i will upload them in coming days, so people see this monument from different point of views...
I have been going there for many years and with every visit, i am more sure, that it's human made and concrete, not konglomerat, like some "educated" people said and without furter explorations closed tha case.
Luckily there are people who walk with open eyes and open hearts, and they can't miss this Mysterious ancient place. Some are still afraid to go there, cause it's called The Devil Stones. The Church couldn't build there "Chatedral", so they put stigma on and got people scared, and this lasts even today...
Today, this magnificent monument is hidden in the forest and unknown, because it is considered a natural monument. Perhaps this is so because the Devil’s stones in a number of properties different from the well-known megalithic monument. There is no doubt, however, the Devil’s stone are manmade.
The composition consists of 64 individual stones, large and small. Its basic element is large monoliths, whose sides have an alignment to the solstices and equinox, and also a lunar and stellar alignment. We think that this monolith construction is from Neolithic period.
We started a survey of this megalithic structure in 2006. Firstly, we counted the individual monoliths and drew a plan of the composition. In the second phase we determined astronomical characteristics – positioning monoliths and in the third stage, we photographed landmark moments of time (solstice, equinox…) and some interesting daily events, as declination marker.
Forth phase, where we are now, consists of comparative analysis of famous examples of megalithic monuments with Devil stones in south Styria. And don't be surprised. In our region there are a lot of unknown megalithic monuments, which often have a similar names, and they always be associated with the dark forces. However, the Devil stone near Maribor is something special…(to be continued)
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