Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Smečno · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

A newly discovered menhir?

On Muclavská louka meadow, about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the village church and 150 metres north of the Smečno–Kačice road, a flat stele of coarse-grained sandstone stands in the northwestern corner of what is now a plant nursery. It bears an almost worn-away Latin cross, roughly carved in raised relief. According to local legend, it marks the place where a merchant was once attacked and killed beside the old carriers’ road to Nové Strašecí (according to Dr Špůrek).

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

Location and map

Place
Smečno
Municipality / starting point
Smečno
District / region
Kladno
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
6 km NW of Kladna

On Muclavská louka meadow, about 2.5 kilometres southwest of the village church and 150 metres north of the Smečno–Kačice road, a flat stele of coarse-grained sandstone stands in the northwestern corner of what is now a plant nursery. It bears an almost worn-away Latin cross, roughly carved in raised relief. According to local legend, it marks the place…

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 317

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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