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

Submitted by ladrin on Sunday, 06 December 2015  Page Views: 997

Modern SitesSite Name: Kaňk Menhir
Country: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 8.925 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Bohemia Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Kutná Hora  Nearest Village: Kaňk
Latitude: 49.970281N  Longitude: 15.282661E
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
4 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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Kaňk Menhir
Kaňk Menhir submitted by ladrin : Modern menhir on the Kaňk Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Another modern menhir (about 150cm in height) in the area of Kutná Hora erected by members of the "Denemark" volunteer association. This time in the woods of the ancient mining location Kaňk hill, most famous in 15th century for the silver mining.

Traces of the old mining activity are ubiquitous here.
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Kaňk Menhir
Kaňk Menhir submitted by ladrin : Modern menhir on the Kaňk Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kaňk Menhir
Kaňk Menhir submitted by ladrin : Rough scenery of surroundings country as the reason of the centuries of mining activity. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 219m N 356° Bába (The Hag)* Ancient Cross
 1.4km SW 221° Kutna Hora's stone circle* Modern Stone Circle etc
 1.5km SW 221° Kutná Hora Megaliths* Modern Stone Circle etc
 2.4km NW 314° Libenice Menhir* Modern Stone Circle etc
 2.7km NW 325° Libenice Shrine* Ancient Temple
 4.6km SW 232° Wellspring of St. Vojtech* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 4.6km SW 232° Spring of St. Vojtech* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 4.9km SW 219° Bylany Neolithic Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
 5.0km SSW 211° Bylany stone row* Stone Row / Alignment
 7.4km WSW 245° Hill of Vysoka Modern Stone Circle etc
 8.2km NW 317° Rondel Enclosures near Kolin Causewayed Enclosure
 21.2km W 279° Stará Kouřim* Hillfort
 21.5km W 280° Lechův Kámen* Rock Outcrop
 25.2km WNW 295° Mohyla Chotouň* Artificial Mound
 27.0km WSW 245° Stone Man* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 28.8km WSW 251° Devil's Groove* Misc. Earthwork
 29.5km NW 325° Prehistoric Barrow Nymburk* Chambered Cairn
 30.4km WSW 248° Well of St.Procopius* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 33.7km NW 310° Hradištko Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 35.3km E 86° Mikulovice Ancient Village or Settlement
 38.1km NW 304° Přerovská Hůra* Hillfort
 41.7km WNW 287° Úvaly Stonehenge* Modern Stone Circle etc
 42.2km W 278° Prehistoric hillfort Březí* Hillfort
 46.9km NE 47° Archaeological park Všestary* Museum
 49.2km WSW 239° Menhir Líšno* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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