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Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 16 April 2010 Page Views: 3821

Rock ArtSite Name: Herrgottstein (Mettlach)
Country: Germany Land: Saarland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Mettlach Nearest Village: Mettlach
Latitude: 49.500500N Longitude: 6.595500E
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

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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 Accuracy:

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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**Herrgottstein (Mettlach)** submitted by KaiHofmann : Herrgottstein Rock from the back, with "Rosstrappe", cup and ring marks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cup and Ring marks in Saarland

the Herrgottstein (Stone of the Lord) is probably from the bronze-age (1000 B.C) .
On it´s surface are a lot of cups and marks on some parts it looks like a polissoir. on the top is an engraved abstract human footprint.
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