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<< Other Photo Pages >> Opferstein Vierenberg - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 15 May 2014  Page Views: 1622

Natural PlacesSite Name: Opferstein Vierenberg Alternative Name: Altar Stone Vierenberg
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 1.007 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Bad Salzuflen  Nearest Village: Wüsten
Latitude: 52.090223N  Longitude: 8.794737E
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.
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
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Opferstein Vierenberg
Opferstein Vierenberg submitted by Creative Commons : The Opferstein Vierenberg, which is also called Opferstein Wüsten, is a granite boulder with a diamter of ca. 1,80m. It was discovered in the forest in 1885. It has been speculated to represent a sacrificial stone or, alternatively, a cap stone of a chambered tomb. By Grugerio (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in North Rhine-Westphalia

A boulder with an artificially smoothed surface. The stone is called "Opferstein" in english "altar stone".
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Re: Opferstein Vierenberg by Harald_Platta on Wednesday, 11 March 2015
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Some more information about the stone, which is called "Wüstener Opferstein" in this article:

http://www.woiste.de/W-Auf-OS.html
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