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<< Our Photo Pages >> Storchenstein - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Germany in Saarland

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Saturday, 03 April 2010  Page Views: 4608

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Storchenstein Alternative Name: Keltenstein, Klapperstorchstein
Country: Germany Land: Saarland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St.Wendel  Nearest Village: Tholey
Latitude: 49.486015N  Longitude: 7.030372E
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
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Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : The Klapperstorchstein monolith. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Saarland

Menhir 2,5m height, directly behind the top of the over 500 meter high Schaumberg mountain in Tholey/Germany. In the village the oldest monastery in Germany can visited. Until the 19th century women were visiting the stone to get pregnant.
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Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : Storchenstein (Vote or comment on this photo)

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : Parts of old ramparts on the Schaumberg hill, close to the Klapperstorchenstein. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : The Klapperstorchenstein. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : The Klapperstorchstein monolith. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : the Klapperstorchstein monolith.

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : the infoboard.

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann : The Klapperstorchstein monolith.

Storchenstein
Storchenstein submitted by KaiHofmann

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 2.2km ENE 66° Wareswald* Ancient Village or Settlement
 3.6km N 10° Tholey Fuchshuebel* Round Barrow(s)
 4.3km NNE 32° Mommerich Huenenwall* Hillfort
 4.5km E 84° Augenborn* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 5.2km SW 227° Sotzweiler Steinkreuz* Ancient Cross
 6.4km NE 45° Guedesweiler Wildfrauenhoehle* Cave or Rock Shelter
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 9.7km N 351° Grindborn* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 10.0km NE 36° Hinkelstein Walhausen* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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 11.8km W 263° Birg Keltenburg, Limbach Hillfort
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 14.5km SW 224° Kaltensteine* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 15.0km NE 43° Messerbrunnen* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 15.2km N 354° Otzenhausen Quelle* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 15.3km N 353° Hunnenring* Hillfort
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