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<< Our Photo Pages >> Falera Menhirfeld - Stone Row / Alignment in Switzerland in Graubünden

Submitted by AlexHunger on Friday, 08 January 2021  Page Views: 6753

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Falera Menhirfeld Alternative Name: Parc La Mutta Falera
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 10.933 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Graubünden Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Luzern  Nearest Village: Falera
Latitude: 46.799900N  Longitude: 9.236000E
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.
5 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.
4 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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Megalithic89 visited on 1st Jan 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 They rearranged this site. Reference: JB der Schweiz. Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Vol. 84, 2001, p. 209, in German.

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Falera Menhirfeld
Falera Menhirfeld submitted by Martin_L : Photo courtesy of my friend Larissa. Taken January 2021.View towards the East. In the background you can make out further standing stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Row / Alignment in Graubünden


Positional co-ordinates scaled from a map source. Complex Bronze age Alignment with at least 35 Stones having some astronomical relations. Noteworthy is the Falera Sonnenstein, which commemorates a 1089 BCE solar eclypse.
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Falera Menhirfeld
Falera Menhirfeld submitted by Martin_L : Photo courtesy of my friend Larissa. Taken January 2021. View SW from the western part of the area. Magnificent romanesque church St.Remigius seen in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falera Menhirfeld
Falera Menhirfeld submitted by Martin_L : Photo courtesy of my friend Larissa. Taken January 2021. Four menhirs at the eastern part of the area. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falera Menhirfeld
Falera Menhirfeld submitted by wildboar : Falera Menhirfield (Vote or comment on this photo)

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