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<< Our Photo Pages >> Turaida Engraved Stone - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Latvia

Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Tuesday, 12 August 2014  Page Views: 1490

Natural PlacesSite Name: Turaida Engraved Stone
Country: Latvia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Sigulda
Latitude: 57.182250N  Longitude: 24.850560E
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.
3 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
5

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Turaida Engraved Stone
Turaida Engraved Stone submitted by Alta-Falisa : June 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Carving in Latvia

A little known and often overlooked stone, inside the castle of Turaida (build from the early 13th century onwards by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword). This ovoid stone, at the foot of the dungeon, protrudes from the ground by about 1 m. German servicemen engraved an Iron Cross on it during WWI, probably between 1914 and 1916.
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