A Celtic palaeoastronomical observatory was excavated here in 1959. It included a rune-marked menhir that served as a sighting marker. Together with the menhir in Kersko, this stone forms a solstitial alignment. It is now kept in the courtyard of the Institute of Archaeology in Letenská Street, Prague.
Location and map
- Place
- Libenice
- Municipality / starting point
- Libenice
- District / region
- Kolín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 6 km SE of Kolína
A Celtic palaeoastronomical observatory was excavated here in 1959. It included a rune-marked menhir that served as a sighting marker. Together with the menhir in Kersko, this stone forms a solstitial alignment. It is now kept in the courtyard of the Institute of Archaeology in Letenská Street, Prague.
The link searches for Libenice and its surroundings. The sources do not establish the precise point of this legend.
Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 202
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.