<< Other Photo Pages >> Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave) - Cave or Rock Shelter in Germany in Bavaria
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave)Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.076 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Bavaria Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Bamberg Nearest Village: Tiefenellern
Latitude: 49.919498N Longitude: 11.088143E
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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Cave or Rock Shelter in Bavaria
This ancient cave contained human bones (early neolithic) and skulls of 38 persons, mostly young girls less than 14 years old. There where indications of ritualized canibalism.
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