Location
State: Latvia
Region: Kurzeme
County: Roja
Parish: Roja
Other references to the location
540 m SW of the Mežputniņi homestead (in the territory of the Vandzene Parish), in damp coniferous woods.
Coordinates
lat=57.3822222222, lon=22.9269444444
57° 22′ 55″ N, 22° 55′ 36″ E
Description
One of the many Latvian Devil’s Stones found in every Latvian county. This one is not great in size, but significant as a probable ancient cult site. Its size: length of 4.3 m, width of 2.0 m, height of only 0.7 m, circumference of 10.7 m. The stone had been split apart in times unknown and part of it, possibly, had disappeared — it could be used for some building as construction material. About barbaric devastation 8 splits preserved until now on the stone and around it testify. Average crystal rose-greyish gneiss.
Narrative
Considered to be a mythological place basing on tales and the name. A tale narrates that the stone is the Devil’s bed. As to its form, it resembles a very uneven bed. Stones with the name “bed” are not so widely spread in Latvia. The most well-known is the Andrecēni Devil’s Bed (Andrecēnu Velna gulta) in the Naukšēni County.
Attraction
Some
Availability
Access hindered. There are no information signs. The object is located in an overgrown forest and is hardly noticeable, because it is overgrown with moss and is low, close to bilberry and red bilberry bush. From the Mežputniņi homestead one has to walk 540 m SW through coniferous woods.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No tourism infrastructure and indication signs.
Local info
There is no information stand on site
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
State property
