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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: Hoher Stein (bei Suttrop) Alternative Name: Hoher Stein (bei Kallenhardt)Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.178 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Warstein Nearest Village: Suttrop
Latitude: 51.439500N Longitude: 8.395100E
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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It's the remain of a formerly larger rock that consists of reef lime from middle Devonian. Due to quarry activities the rock has been heavily damaged and reduced. But it's still an impressive site. And nowadays the remaining rock, including its neighbourhood, is protected as a part of a nature reserve.
The site still contains at least three known caves, named as Rissehöhle, Hundehöhle and Schnöpers Huol. All of them have more or less collapsed.
The only accessible specimen, a miniature-cave directly at Hoher Stein, is more a large crevice than a real cave. But it's easily accessible. And it's almost comfortable. Perhaps already some stone age people may have used it as a shelter.
Indeed some traces of paleolithic and/or mesolithic men have been found about 250 metres southeast of the rock.
Reference:
H.Streich: Unterirdische Zauberreiche des Sauerlandes, Altena 1967
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