<< Our Photo Pages >> Herrgottstein (Mettlach) - Rock Art in Germany in Saarland
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Rock ArtSite Name: Herrgottstein (Mettlach)Country: Germany Land: Saarland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Mettlach Nearest Village: Mettlach
Latitude: 49.500500N Longitude: 6.595500E
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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the Herrgottstein (Stone of the Lord) is probably from the bronze-age (1000 B.C) .
On it´s surface are a lot of cups and marks on some parts it looks like a polissoir. on the top is an engraved abstract human footprint.
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