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Natural PlacesSite Name: The Devil´s Rocking Stone Alternative Name: Vilkan Čertův KámenCountry: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 2.742 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Bohemia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Domažlice Nearest Village: Babylon
Latitude: 49.395661N Longitude: 12.868776E
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 stone is well known since ever and was described in great detail by the famous Czech writer and historian Bohuslav Balbín already in 17th century for example. Several folk rumours is associated with it like the legends about "devil's mill or the devil's bed".
In interesting fact to be mentioned. In the 19th century, Italian railway workers rocked the stone so hard that it slipped and became motionless for more then one hundred years. In 2009 initiated local community the action to put the rocking stone back into its original position. It was finished with the great effort of the engineer Pavel Pavel, "the man who made the Rapa Nui statues walk."
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