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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kostivere Sliding Stone - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Estonia

Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 22 January 2005  Page Views: 8941

Natural PlacesSite Name: Kostivere Sliding Stone Alternative Name: Kostivere Liukivi
Country: Estonia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tallinn  Nearest Village: Kostivere
Latitude: 59.425100N  Longitude: 25.108600E
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
4 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.
3 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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Kostivere Sliding Stone
Kostivere Sliding Stone submitted by thecaptain : Kostivere Sliding Stone. A sacred Cult Stone in Estonia, a few miles to the East of Tallinn. The stone is a glacial erratic, but has been used for ceremonial purposes for many thousands of years, and has the remains of a burial mound associated with it, and is covered in ancient cup marks. The legend associated with this stone is that it can cure infertility. Women slide down the rock bare bottome... (Vote or comment on this photo)
A sacred Cult Stone in Estonia, a few miles to the East of Tallinn. The stone is a glacial erratic, but has been used for ceremonial purposes for many thousands of years, and has the remains of a burial mound associated with it, and is covered in ancient cup marks.

The legend associated with this stone is that it can cure infertility. Women slide down the rock bare bottomed, and their infertility will be cured.

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Kostivere Sliding Stone
Kostivere Sliding Stone submitted by thecaptain : Kostivere Sliding Stone. A sacred Cult Stone in Estonia, a few miles to the East of Tallinn. The stone is a glacial erratic, but has been used for ceremonial purposes for many thousands of years, and has the remains of a burial mound associated with it, and is covered in ancient cup marks. The legend associated with this stone is that it can cure infertility. Women slide down the rock bare bottome... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kostivere Sliding Stone
Kostivere Sliding Stone submitted by TheCaptain : borrowed from the web (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Kostivere Sliding Stone by Alta-Falisa on Friday, 11 April 2014
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The boulders are held is such high esteem in Estonia that one has been put in front of the Presidential Palace.
All over the country, the most remarkable are classified as National Monuments.
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