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Multi-periodSite Name: Teufelsstein (Grethen) Alternative Name: Teufelsstein, Devils StoneCountry: Germany Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Bad Dürkheim Nearest Village: Grethen
Latitude: 49.470940N Longitude: 8.149130E
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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It has five steps hewn into its side and at least one definitely artificial blood runnel beside the steps. To the right of he steps is a single sixth step or shallow hole and further right another runnel, much shallower than the deep artificial one to the left of the steps.
On top is a large and deep bowl (approx 30/40cm diameter) and two more runnels to the back and side of the boulder.
The stone bears several carvings, sorry to say most of them are new. But there are also some old markings (i.e. sunwheels, runes, a skull that can be found at the roman quarry "Kriemhildenstuhl" too, dating to Roman times) and old descriptions speak of the carving of two human figures. These are now vanished - either eroded or deliberately removed, nobody knows.
The stone has been supported by a little brick wall recently.
Neither stone, steps nor runnels are aligned with the cardinal points of the compass.
Only fifteen minutes walk from the Teufelsstein is the Heidenmauer, a Celtic hillfort with a wall length of 2,5 km (1,5 miles). The wall is well preserved.
A fire in the late seventies/early eighties that destroyed large parts of the wood at the nearby Ebersberg revealed a celtic necropole (pictures and further information will follow).
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