<< Our Photo Pages >> Stone of the New birth - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Czech Republic in Bohemia
Submitted by ladrin on Wednesday, 16 December 2015 Page Views: 2405
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stone of the New birth Alternative Name: MerkuriasCountry: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 3.254 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Bohemia Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Praha
Latitude: 50.062044N Longitude: 14.423559E
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Bohemia
Although this 1m tall sandstone was erected in this place on the 21.12.2012 (that important Mayan date..), I wouldn't call it modern menhir. The stone was found on the northern slope of the plateau, where famous Kounov alignment is located, about 50km from Prague. There are traces of hard carving on the stone and the area north of the Kounov is well known for its megalithic monuments. There is a good probability that this stone is top part of the ancient fallen menhir. The group of stone-enthusiasts moved this stone to the old mystical place of Vyšehrad to symbolize New beginning. There are four more standing stones of the ancient origin nearby anyway.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Flickr
The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
226m NW 325° Rotunda Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
408m NW 309° Vysehrad Devil's stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
449m NW 314° Menhir in Karlach Park* Standing Stone (Menhir)
546m WNW 300° Basilica Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
3.3km NNW 342° Libenice Stela* Standing Stone (Menhir)
3.6km NNW 332° Prague Castle Obelisk* Modern Stone Circle etc
3.7km NW 322° Prague's stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
5.1km NNW 339° Terrronská St. Long Houses* Ancient Village or Settlement
9.2km NNE 13° Dolní Chabry v Praze* Standing Stone (Menhir)
9.6km NW 325° Horomerice Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
10.1km S 183° Šance (Ramparts)* Hillfort
10.9km WSW 246° Zbuzany Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
11.1km S 186° Oppidum Závist* Hillfort
12.5km NNW 343° Levý Hradec hillfort Hillfort
14.0km NE 50° Vinoř Rondel* Causewayed Enclosure
15.5km NNW 334° Krliš Barrow* Barrow Cemetery
15.5km NNW 339° Chýnov Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery
16.4km NNW 339° Čestmír Barrow* Barrow Cemetery
19.2km SSE 161° Chotouň Standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
19.9km SSE 164° Boží skála* Standing Stone (Menhir)
20.1km ESE 102° Prehistoric hillfort Březí* Hillfort
21.5km SSE 159° Kněží Hora* Standing Stones
21.6km SSE 158° Dolmen na Kněží Hoře* Modern Stone Circle etc
21.7km E 84° Úvaly Stonehenge* Modern Stone Circle etc
22.1km SSE 160° Řada Vlčí rokle* Stone Row / Alignment
View more nearby sites and additional images