<< Our Photo Pages >> Externsteine - Rock Outcrop in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Natural PlacesSite Name: ExternsteineCountry: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: Detmold Nearest Village: Externsteine
Latitude: 51.869061N Longitude: 8.917028E
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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Klingon visited on 8th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Boeddel visited on 1st Jul 2003 - their rating: Amb: 4
Harald_Platta visited on 6th Mar 1995 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
fornjotr Martin_L have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 5
Fantastic naturally occurring outcrops of rock - soaring towers of stone pillars - which have long been used, since prehistoric times, as a proto-temple.
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