<< Our Photo Pages >> Kounov Alignments - Stone Row / Alignment in Czech Republic
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kounov Alignments Alternative Name: Kounovské radyCountry: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 4.273 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Praha Nearest Village: Kounov
Latitude: 50.225610N Longitude: 13.695280E
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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Large alignment in woods and fields with about 14 incomplete exactly parallel rows of up to 350 metres in length with smallish stones.The biggest stone is Gibbon I and weighs about 6000 kg.
Age: reputedly about 700 BCE. Settlement establishment during Neolithic. Today's form is from the late Hallstat age or about 6th Century BCE
ca 1 km from na Rovine hillfort which is maybe a Celtic Sanctuary
Supplementary description from Radek Vinkler
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