Featured: Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Avebury Archaeology Map

Avebury Archaeology Map

Who's Online

There are currently, 361 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Het Stenenpad - Museum in Belgium in Limburg

Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Friday, 07 August 2015  Page Views: 1351

MuseumsSite Name: Het Stenenpad
Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 5.81 km away from the location you searched for.

Province: Limburg Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Genk
Latitude: 50.957300N  Longitude: 5.535500E
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.
5 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : Although the collection of stones is not at all related to megaliths the way we understand it, I cannot resist submitting this photo first... Some other stones in the shade of the trees. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Limburg

Het Stenenpad, an open air collection of (large) stones from Belgium, illustrating about 30 geologic eras to cover the entire history of the Earth (Precambrian is not represented).

Relocated at its present location (a vast recreation area) in the spring of 2009, and freely accessible.
Car park at (50.9572, 5.5336). From there, 100 m to walk up a well surfaced path.

A leaflet provides a wealth of details to the interested visitors : Het Stenenpad


Although the collection of stones is not at all related to megaliths the way we understand it, I cannot resist submitting this photo first...
Some other stones in the shade of the trees.

August 2015.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : And, in the background, "Perseus" (2009), by Johan Tahon (b. 1965). August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : Most important is to see the samples with naked eyes. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : Sample of... - you can read it... August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : A sample of -- most important is to see and touch the stones. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : Partial view of the collection. August 2015.

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : and 'Omega' -- the end (to be cont'd). Each exemplar of rock is referenced on this chronological table

Het Stenenpad
Het Stenenpad submitted by Alta-Falisa : 'Alpha' -- the beginning.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 2.9km WSW 242° Duivelstenen van Langerlo* Standing Stones
 8.4km E 80° Stenen op de Mechelse Heide* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 9.3km WNW 297° Holsteen* Polissoir
 10.7km WSW 241° Kruisveldstraat* Stone Circle
 12.1km N 358° Heksenberg Meeuwen* Artificial Mound
 13.9km WSW 257° Atheneum van Hasselt* Modern Stone Circle etc
 14.3km W 259° Hendrik Van Veldeke statue* Modern Stone Circle etc
 15.8km E 87° Archeologiemuseum Stein* Museum
 16.0km N 4° Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen* Barrow Cemetery
 16.5km SE 139° Stenen van Sint-Pietersberg* Stone Circle
 20.2km SSW 194° Gallo-Romeins Museum* Museum
 20.3km SSW 194° Tongeren standbeeld van Ambiorix* Modern Stone Circle etc
 21.0km ESE 117° Gerlachusputje Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 21.0km SSW 196° Romeinse Muur, Tongeren* Vitrified Fort
 21.8km E 93° Sweikhuizen (341113) Ancient Village or Settlement
 22.3km SE 142° Informatiecentrum Mijn Rijckholt Museum
 22.6km ESE 117° Valkenburg Flint Mine Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 22.7km NNW 342° Molhem* Barrow Cemetery
 23.3km SE 141° Rijckholt Flint Mine* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 23.6km NE 49° Regionaal archeologisch museum* Museum
 27.3km SSW 198° Herstappe Tumulus* Barrow Cemetery
 27.3km NNW 345° Grafheuvels Heesakker, Overpelt* Barrow Cemetery
 27.4km ENE 78° Grabhügelgruppe in der Westerheide Barrow Cemetery
 28.7km N 349° Grafheuvels Kolis* Barrow Cemetery
 28.7km NNW 339° Hunneberg Overpelt* Barrow Cemetery
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Grafheuvel Eibergen (524990)

Rye Skov Langdysse >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Free book with orders of £10 or over in our shop

Free book with orders of £10 or over in our shop

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Het Stenenpad" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.