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<< Our Photo Pages >> Medņu dižakmens - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Latvia

Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Monday, 23 June 2014  Page Views: 1691

Natural PlacesSite Name: Medņu dižakmens Alternative Name: Medni Giant Boulder
Country: Latvia
NOTE: This site is 28.295 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Balvi
Latitude: 57.034290N  Longitude: 27.166650E
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.
4 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
4

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Medņu dižakmens
Medņu dižakmens submitted by Alta-Falisa : Now getting overgrown. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Other Natural Feature in Vidzeme, Latvia

A protected geological geomorphological object.
Length 5.8m, width 5.3m, height 1.4m, perimeter 19.0m, most of the stone being under the ground.
Along road P.47, halfway between Balvi and Kapūne.
Signposted towards the West, visible from both directions. Accessible by a 100m long footpath. An brief explanatory board is placed next to the stone.
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Medņu dižakmens
Medņu dižakmens submitted by Alta-Falisa : Overview of the site. June 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Medņu dižakmens
Medņu dižakmens submitted by Alta-Falisa : Signpost along road P.47, showing the sixty-meter-long footpath : the white spot at the end is the information board, and the dark grey mass just behind is the stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Medņu dižakmens
Medņu dižakmens submitted by Alta-Falisa : Board next to the stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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