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Submitted by ladrin on Tuesday, 22 May 2018  Page Views: 1274

Multi-periodSite Name: The King's Table Alternative Name: Králův Stůl
Country: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 12.764 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Moravia Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Staré Město  Nearest Village: Modrá
Latitude: 49.141708N  Longitude: 17.390265E
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.
5 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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The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : Králův Stůl can be easily translated as a King's table. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Moravia

Probably the most famous megalithic monument of the Moravian region. Huge block of the hard sandstone which bottom part changes into mixture rock. The rock formation is positively of local origin. The stone was damaged in the past, its side part was used during the road construction.

This stone object is well known since early medieval times. The first record is from the 1228, when the stone was first named by the name Králův Stůl (simply The King's table) in the royal document. Other record from 1694 describes the object in detail and talks about enigmatic symbols on the surface.

The site was subject to archaeological survey for several times, first in 1903 and last in 1997. What is sure is that the stone was worked by the hand of the man in prehistoric times already but it is impossible to determine age or purpose with certainty. There are several local legends associated to the King's Table mostly about ancient kings' elections.

In the ground plan the stone was worked into the shape of the head of the sacred animal, the bull most likely. The stone was surrounded in past with a circle of smaller stones and gravel with rough stones oriented to the world's sides. It is assumed that most of the symbols comes from the 4th century BC.

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The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : The King's table place during the visit of archaeologists in 1906. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : Some of the symbols are pretty hardly recognizable these days. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : The stone surface is covered with enigmatic symbols. Most of them are probably old Celtic signs from 4th century BC, later used by Germanic tribes and Slavic people. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : According to recent survey the stone used to be surrounded in past with a circle of small stones and gravel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin (Vote or comment on this photo)

The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : Probably the most famous and locally favorite megalith in Moravia region.

The King's Table
The King's Table submitted by ladrin : The site is very easy to locate, just few steps from the road. It is well signposted and surrounded by the fence.

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