Burial mounds from the Hallstatt period and later Slavic ones from the seventh and eighth centuries are scattered through the surrounding woods. Below the village, above the Smutná stream, lies a small wood called Poušť, the Wilderness. Many stones lie scattered there, resembling a petrified herd with its shepherd. According to legend, a local farmer’s wife cursed them when the shepherd stayed too long at pasture.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Radětice
- Municipality / starting point
- Radětice
- District / region
- Tábor
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 4 km NW of Bechyně (Tábor)
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 294
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.