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Modern SitesSite Name: Lāča Darzs Alternative Name: Bear GardenCountry: Latvia
NOTE: This site is 25.705 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Balvi
Latitude: 57.130300N Longitude: 27.258000E
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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Lāča Darzs = Bear Garden, a recreational park downtown Balvi. The park comprises 23 modern (1990) megalithic compositions, kind of modern dolmens, all made of various boulders from the region.
Quite an impressive ensemble; and each monument is a joy for photographers –– sunshine helping, that is.
Photo : June 2014.
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