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Rock ArtSite Name: Kapsēdes Rudais akmens Alternative Name: Purple Stone of KapsedeCountry: Latvia
NOTE: This site is 22.958 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Liepāja Nearest Village: Kapsēde
Latitude: 56.593700N Longitude: 21.115900E
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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The Purple Stone of Kapsede was investigated as early as 1861 because of as many as 7 cup marks going back to most likely the bronze age. Now a protected archaeological site.
Leave your car here : 56.5914, 21.1157 : the single-lane gravel road visible on satellite maps is far too narrow for a car : you would scratch the paint. Rather walk about 200m until coming across an information board. There, follow the footpath beginning just behing the board through the wood for about 200m, i.e. until the other edge of the wood, and you will see the stone under a medium-voltage electric line. Mind : it may be overgrown. Also : after heavy rain, wear boots (you have been warned !). Incidentally, I have not seen any of these cup marks...
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