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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Šilalės Aukuro akmuoCountry: Lithuania
NOTE: This site is 2.06 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Holed Stone
Nearest Town: Klaipeda Nearest Village: Mosėdis
Latitude: 56.154180N Longitude: 21.562550E
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 |
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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 |
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Altar Stone in Lithuania
A ritual holed stone, well known largely because it is easily accessible, near the Large Stone of Šilalė (for more info about the location, please refer to that page).
Discovered in 1959. Diameter 1.1 m ; height 0.80 m. At the top, a hole 33 cm in diameter and 10 cm deep. Archaeologists consider that the place was used for pagan ceremonies.
Visited June 2015.
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