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<< Text Pages >> Opferstein Dornholzhausen - Rock Art in Germany in Hesse

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 01 November 2015  Page Views: 1043

Rock ArtSite Name: Opferstein Dornholzhausen
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 9 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Hesse Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Wetzlar  Nearest Village: Dornholzhausen
Latitude: 50.498473N  Longitude: 8.585413E
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.
no data 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
3
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Stone with one cup mark (Opferstein=sacrifice stone).
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