Location
State: Latvia
Region: Kurzeme
County: Talsi
Parish: Laidze
Other references to the location
At the Jāņandreji homestead, in its yard.
Coordinates
lat=57.2646333333, lon=22.6185666667
57° 15′ 52″ N, 22° 37′ 6″ E
Description
One of the richest, in terms of cup marks, ancient cult stones in Northern Kurzeme. It is interesting also because it is one of the most recently discovered cup-marked stones of this type in the surroundings of Talsi. The size of the stone: length of 1.15 m, width of 1.05 m, height of 0.5 m, circumference of 3.52 m. Gray interleaved gneiss. On the surface of the stone of not such a big size, before thousands of years, 38 cup marks were carved.
Narrative
The cup-marked stone is attributed to the Bronze Age or Iron Age. As regards reasons for carving the cup marks (hollows), the historians have made more than 30 different assumptions, out of which the most reliable ones are related to cult rituals held at such stones. One of the most interesting cult stones of such type in Kurzeme, because there are quite a lot of cup marks, they are very different as to their form, some had even been merged together. This is the first cup-marked stone in Latvia where the merged marks were discovered, about the meaning of which the scientists have not yet come to understand.
Attraction
Some
Availability
Easily accessible. There are no information signs. The object is situated in private property, in the homestead’s yard, at the fencing, next to a fir tree and other trees. In the same place, there is also agricultural machinery, etc.
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
0 – 9
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
Private
Comments
The cup-marked stone was discovered in 2007 (M. Broža). Located in a private yard, object’s attendance is bothering the inhabitants.
