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Modern SitesSite Name: Summstein ThailCountry: Austria Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Groß Gerungs
Latitude: 48.580143N Longitude: 14.953425E
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 |
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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 |
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The Summstein ("Humming Stone") is a modern stone sculpture situated in Groß Gerungs-Thail (Austria). A hole was crafted out of the natural stone. Stones with similar holes have been discovered in the Neolithic/Bronze Age catacombs on Malta (Hal Saflieni Hypogeum) and were probably used for healing and meditation.
The visitor can put the head into the hole and has to breath out with a humming tone. This results in a reflection of the sound waves, which then are supposed to be felt as vibrations within the body of the visitor.
Further information and literature on Summsteine in general: MP page Großer Summstein.
Several other interesting stone formations can be found nearby. One of them is the Thail Oferstein. It has been speculated that it was used as Celtic sanctuary.
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