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Koda.
Date Added: 15th May 2017
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Koda. submitted by rw1 on 30th Sep 2006. 07/2005
Cave inhabited from Neolithic to middle Ages where a significant number of artifacts have been found.
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Log Text: Czech Karst is a romantic and wild area roughly 130 square km south west of Prague. Mainly limestone rocks are rugged with deep gorges, canyons and karst caves. Despite the fact that caves in the Czech Karst are primarily smaller in size, it is the one of the most important region of speleo-archaeological interest in the Czech Republic. There is around 80 registered archaeological localities from practically all periods of the prehistoric and historic eras.
Superb Koda Cave is easily accessible rock spaces in this area. It has produced many findings mainly from the Neolithic and Eneolithic times. But also very interesting early to middle Bronze Age pottery pieces of an unusual nature, probably from the Alpine region.
Koda Cave is very popular tourist destination and is well signposted.
Rakovník Menhir
Date Added: 13th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Rakovník Menhir submitted by ladrin on 13th May 2020. An interesting connection can be found in a close vicinity of the ancient structure structure "Viereckschanze Na Kokrdech".
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Log Text: Notable stone monument standing north of the medieval royal town Rakovnik. Block of the coarse-grained sandstone with isolated quartzite pieces of a total length about 120cm. For a short time it was stolen in 80th. When the stone was secretly returned to its original place, it was laid down to a greater depth. Now it raises above the ground up to 65cm only.
The stone is widely known as "Petrified Virgin". Quite usual folk tale talks about a girl punished by for impiety and mischief. She was turned to stone, which has now allegedly a woman shape.
Even the experts are unsure about the origin and purpose. Some suppose the stone was a kind of milestone, some say it is the remnant of an ancient cross and others insist it is true menhir and believe in its prehistoric origin. Though any serious survey is still missing.
The true is that stone is situated just a few steps from the very probable prehistoric La Tène structure so called "Viereckschanze Na Kokrdech". And this fact can strongly support all the "menhir-origin" theories.
The Petrified Virgin is hard to miss. It is standing next to the main road on the verge of the field.
Kamenný Most Menhir
Date Added: 28th Apr 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Czech Republic (Bohemia)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kamenný Most Menhir submitted by ladrin on 28th Apr 2023. In 1896 two human skeletons were discovered in close vicinity.
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Log Text: Locally popular menhir can be found by the fields west of the village called Kamenný Most (translate as a Stone Bridge). Almost one meter high stone with visible carving of latin cross.
In fact until now there are doubts whether it is "true" prehistoric menhir or medieval stone cross or even milestone. An interesting event happened in 1896 when two human skeletons were discovered in close vicinity by one of the locals. After that some sort of archeological survey was conducted therefore but without any significant success.
Geologist who studied the stone in 80th of last century came finally to conclusion that the stone is menhir. And so the stone is known today. Be that as it may, the stone simply stands there and I personally like it..
Bratronice Menhir
Date Added: 30th Sep 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Czech Republic
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bratronice Menhir submitted by ladrin on 30th Sep 2015. Some old engraving is visible. One of it is definitely a cross.
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Log Text: Less then one metre tall stone from sendstone. Can be propitiatory cross or milestone.
Generalsteine
Date Added: 12th Jan 2016
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Czech Republic
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Generalsteine submitted by ladrin on 12th Jan 2016. Exact replicas of the Generalsteine stone pair.
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Log Text: Pair of standing stones near the village of Droužkovice. These stones are exact replicas from 2008. The original stone pair was destroyed in 1996 during unsensitive recultivation. Original stone pair were called The General Stones or Generalsteine and because of their material, must had been transferred from nearest finding place about 30km away.
Hradištko Menhir
Date Added: 20th May 2016
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Czech Republic
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hradištko Menhir submitted by ladrin on 20th May 2016. Hradištko Menhir AKA Kersko Menhir
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Log Text: Locally well known and quite popular standing stone in the forested pleasure area of Kersko. Preserved piece of worked sand stone with many quartzite fragments stands almost on the bank of the river Labe (Elbe). The Hradištko menhir is 80cm tall and all the site is well signposted.
Heiliger Stein (Mitterretzbach)
Date Added: 11th Mar 2018
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 15th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Heiliger Stein (Mitterretzbach) submitted by ladrin on 11th Apr 2020. Absolutely amazing place near the Czech-Austrian border..
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Log Text: The area of Heiliger Stein is very well preserved today with great respect. There is a small partly nature chapel and the reconstructed foundation of abandoned church. Below the main stone there is a chain of spherical black stones which ends with a small circle. If I understood the information sign in german well, these black stones are modern datation and it should designate energy-relevant locations.
Gross Gerungs Steinpyramide
Date Added: 9th Feb 2019
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Gross Gerungs Steinpyramide submitted by rw1 on 1st Dec 2007. 09/2007
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Log Text: Well...that's something! The only structure of its kind in this part of the Europe.... an authentic pyramid! Despite several researches, this circular step pyramid remains one big mystery.
Some people say it is medieval or maybe newer construction and part of some romantic natural park. Other researches estimate its age for 2000 years. Some say that it is an ancient germanic sacral place, other suppose this as a newer guarding outpost. According to some measurements an exceptional energy lines intersect here but I cant confirmed that.
Until the year 2000 the place was just a pile of stone debris. After that it was researched (without any significant conclusions) and reconstructed. Average in the base is about 17m and the heigt is up to 7m. Estimated used material is about 2000 tons of stones.. such a work for only romantic imitation.. To me the place is simply beautiful, enigmatic place worth a visit.