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<< Other Photo Pages >> Menhiry Holic - Standing Stones in Slovakia

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhiry Holic Alternative Name: Holicske Megality
Country: Slovakia
NOTE: This site is 29.841 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Holíč
Latitude: 48.808900N  Longitude: 17.161400E
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
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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
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Menhiry Holic
Menhiry Holic submitted by Alta-Falisa : Source : Wikipedia Commons. Author : Doronenko Date : February 2010. Reproduced with our best regards. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Megalithic objects were discovered in 1988 in the town of Holic, Slovakia. On uphill up the central of the town lies a cult site with a diameter 60m made by 2 ditches. An outer ditch is approx 7 meters wide and 5 meters deep, inner ditch has diameter 23 m. There were multiple structures in this area.

The discovered stone structure has diameter of 22m and contains 21 stones. One of them (standing) in the center of the object. 8 stones as a part of inner circle and 12 stones of outer circle. Highest stone has height of 6,8 m. Astronomical alignment of the object was suggested. Stones have different curvings on its surface.

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  • Additional info [Source : Ancient Megalithic Cult Stones of Slovakia]
    Menhirs were discovered on the hill in 1988 during the construction of the SNP housing development. It is a place, where the ancient circular sanctuary (rondel) made by two trenches, was present in the past. Rondels in the Middle Europe are dated to the era 5,500 – 6,500 years ago. The ancient rondel in Holíč was 60 metres long and it was made from 25 stones. The stones were placed in two circles, while there was a variation of small and wide “female” stones with tall and slim “male” stones. In the middle, there was the main idol. The placement of cult stones within them had astronomical and mainly magical meaning. The main idol is made from stone with the total height of 6.8 metres. The stone is decorated by symbols cut into it, such as mattock, hammer or axe; hook or hook-plough in the middle under it. The wheel represents divinity.
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    Menhiry Holic
    Menhiry Holic submitted by Alta-Falisa : Source : Wikipedia Commons. Author : Stanislav Doronenko. Date : August 2006. Reproduced with our best regards. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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    Re: Menhiry Holic by ModernExplorers on Saturday, 09 November 2019
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