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<< Our Photo Pages >> Meltingen Schalenstein - Rock Art in Switzerland in Solothurn

Submitted by Megalithic89 on Tuesday, 31 October 2023  Page Views: 179

Rock ArtSite Name: Meltingen Schalenstein
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 4.844 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Solothurn Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Solothurn
Latitude: 47.387960N  Longitude: 7.589450E
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
3 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

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Meltingen Schalenstein
Meltingen Schalenstein submitted by Silex1948 : This is a link (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Solothurn

Flat block with 5 cup marks of 4 - 8 cm Ø, of which two are conical and one probably natural. A second block has been destroyed.

The stone is located at The municipal house, Hauptstrasse 54, Meltingen. This is not the site of the discovery.

References:
Swiss Inventory of Stone Monuments, http://www.ssdi.ch.
Link to SSDI Object No. 4233.01 PDF document in German.
Link to Municipality of Meltingen, History Written in German.





Note to site admins: You already have a photo of this stone, submitted on 10th October 2023 by silex1948. He (or she) put the title “Meltingen Cup Stone”. Would you please link in this photo? Thank you so much.

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