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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wettswil Sitzholz - Stone Row / Alignment in Switzerland in Zürich

Submitted by Megalithic89 on Friday, 17 April 2020  Page Views: 700

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wettswil Sitzholz
Country: Switzerland Canton: Zürich Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Zurich  Nearest Village: Wettswil
Latitude: 47.330150N  Longitude: 8.484530E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : Site in Wettswil Sitzholz 3 of nine stones (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Row / Alignment in Zürich

Alignment consisting of 9 stones. Straight row. 50 to 60 m long. Direction SSW to NNE.

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Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : Massive 9th stone of the row of stones. Photo taken March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : At the end of the row of stones I discovered this stone setting in the earth. It consists of small stones, looks pretty, and is aligned to the known stone row. Photo taken March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : 10th stone of this alignment. Photo taken March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : 11th stone of this alignment. Photo taken March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : Two more stones in the straight row. They prolong the alignment by 15 m. Photo taken March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : Site in Wettswil Sitzholz One of the 3 stones is unified with a spruce. Fotos taken in April 2020.

Wettswil Sitzholz
Wettswil Sitzholz submitted by Megalithic89 : Site in Wettswil Sitzholz 3 stones on each picture

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 232m SSW 199° Wettswil Grüt* Stone Row / Alignment
 807m S 186° Bonstetten Aebertshalden Grabhügel* Artificial Mound
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 2.6km NW 307° Wettswil Wannenboden* Stone Row / Alignment
 2.7km N 357° Sonnenbühl Fürstengrabhügel* Artificial Mound
 2.9km S 186° Bonstetten Schladhau Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 3.6km S 189° Hedingen Müliberg Neuguet Nord* Stone Row / Alignment
 3.6km S 187° Hedingen Müliberg Neuguet Süd* Artificial Mound
 4.7km S 188° Müliberg Gottert Süd* Stone Row / Alignment
 4.9km SSW 197° Eggmatt East Steinreihe Stone Row / Alignment
 4.9km SSW 199° Eggmatt West Steinreihe Stone Row / Alignment
 5.2km SSW 196° Steinkreis Bislikerhau* Stone Circle
 5.3km SSW 195° Bislikerhau Steinreihe B Stone Row / Alignment
 5.5km SSW 195° Bislikerhau Steinreihe A* Stone Row / Alignment
 5.6km S 180° Mühliberg Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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 6.4km WSW 249° Althau Menhirs* Standing Stones
 6.5km W 264° Bärhau Grabhügel* Artificial Mound
 6.6km SSW 199° Steinreihe Hochwasserdamm* Stone Row / Alignment
 6.6km S 190° Steinreihe Reservoir* Stone Row / Alignment
 6.7km S 186° Steinkreis Schürmatt* Stone Circle
 6.7km S 188° Affoltern Bernhau Steinkreis* Stone Circle
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 6.8km S 178° Aeugst Chindlistein* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 6.9km SSW 192° Würzhau Nord Steinreihe* Stone Row / Alignment
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Re: Wettswil Sitzholz by Megalithic89 on Wednesday, 07 December 2022
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Source of information: (c) Walker Richard, Megalithe im Knonauer Amt, Rifferswil 2022, p. 120 Written in German.
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