Location
State: Latvia
Region: Kurzeme
County: Vaiņode
Parish: Embūte
Other references to the location
About 1 km NE from Embūte, around 150 m W from the Embūte–Skrunda road, 100 m from the unpopulated Pilskalni homestead, in an underbrushy forest.
Coordinates
lat=56.5116833333, lon=21.8262666667
56° 30′ 42″ N, 21° 49′ 34″ E
Description
The surface of the Idols’ Hill is naturally rounded, not trimmed or modified by a man, in average 50m long and covered by a deciduous forest. On the slopes of the hill there are old excavation sites and remains of a cellar.
Narrative
There is a well-founded opinion that the Sacrificial Hill is the cult place of the nearby Embūte Hill Fort – the kind of sacred hills common for the southern part of Kurzeme (Courland). No deeper archeological explorations of the site have been made.
Attraction
Some
Availability
Rather easily accessible. There are no information signs. The stone lies in a bushy forest. One must walk 100 m from the unpopulated Pilskalni homestead into the deciduous forest. It can be found next to a collapsed cellar.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
There have been no facilitation and maintenance works performed within the territory, no indication signs.
Local info
There is no information stand on site
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
Private
