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<< Text Pages >> Altenstein Taunusstein - Rock Outcrop in Germany in Hesse

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 29 June 2016  Page Views: 958

Natural PlacesSite Name: Altenstein Taunusstein
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.59 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Hesse Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: Wiesbaden  Nearest Village: Taunusstein
Latitude: 50.131314N  Longitude: 8.176659E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
3 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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Rock Outcrop in Hesse

The Altenstein is a probable is a large rock which was a possible ancient hill sanctuary. Some 200 meters away to the west, a hillfort with unknown age could be visited. Another large rock lies to the north-east, the so called Spitzenstein.
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 199m NE 34° Spitzenstein Taunusstein Rock Outcrop
 7.2km S 178° Summstein Freudenberg Modern Stone Circle etc
 10.4km SW 232° Ringwall Dreibornskopf* Hillfort
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 12.1km NNE 20° Ringwall Nack* Hillfort
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 18.9km E 101° Grabhügel Kapellenberg* Round Barrow(s)
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Re: Altenstein Taunusstein by dickhaeuter on Saturday, 10 December 2016
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for details, visit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringwall_Altenstein
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Re: Altenstein Taunusstein by dickhaeuter on Saturday, 10 December 2016
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A letter written during the rock's destruction in 1854-7 describes it as formerly perfect cube - hint to an archaeogeographical/archaeoastronomical function?
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