Location
State: Latvia
Region: Vidzeme
County: Gulbene
Parish: Tirza
Coordinates
lat=57.160359816992, lon=26.358574860863
57° 9′ 37″ N, 26° 21′ 30″ E
Description
State archaeological heritage (State Inspection for Heritage Protection, No 866). Only some inhabitants of the Tirza Parish know about the location of the object. The stone is of impressive dimensions with a protrusion on the sides of the stone. It is situated behind a semi-collapsed household building across a meadow and further to a ditch overgrown with birch and other trees connected with a pond. Then across one more field, a little to the left in the W direction from the pond. In front of the stone a bush grows that covers the view to it, therefore when walking from the side of the pond, one can miss it in spite of the fact that it is a huge stone in the middle of the field.
Narrative
No recorded folklore materials have been found. The local people cannot tell anything about the site.
Attraction
It is worth seeing, but there is a plenty of other stones of similar dimensions, finding of which is much easier. The object is located in the middle of a field and it is not difficult to notice.
Availability
Without the help and consultations with the Chairman of the Tirza Parish who provided precise directions, it would be impossible to find the stone, because in the map of “Jāņa sēta” it is marked very inaccurately – it is marked as if located on the right side of the Jāņakalni homestead, although in reality it is situated quite at a distance behind the pond that has also been marked in the map.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No infrastructure. There is the brown sign when driving from the side of Jauntirza, but there is little sense in the sign if driving from the side of Lizums. There is no sign at the turning to the left (when driving from Jauntirza), where a forest ro
Local info
There is no information on the site. The Chairman of the Tirza Parish can help finding the object. T
Capacity
41 and more
Publicity
Unknown
Legal Status
Private
Comments
The Chairman of the Tirza Parish Česlavs acknowledges that for a person unaware of the surroundings it would be rather difficult to find the object without precise indications. On rainy days gumboots would be useful, because to the stone one has to wade across two fields through long grass.
