Mucenieki 2nd stone with rounded cone hollow

2020-02-01 In Cult Identity Latvia Stone Zemgale region

Location

State: Latvia
Region: Zemgale
County: Bauskas
Parish: Ceraukstes

Other references to the location

Mucenieki stones with rounded cone hollows are located in the courtyard of “Veji” home, where they were carried for preservation purposes.

Coordinates

lat=56.3238333333, lon=24.2760666667
56° 19′ 25″ N, 24° 16′ 33″ E

Description

Dimensions of the stone: 0,73 x 0,65 x 0,38 m. Hollow 27 cm in diameter, 12 cm deep, capacity – 3,5 litres.

Narrative

Typical stone with a rounded cone hollow, of which there are only few left in Latvia.

Attraction

Good.

Availability

Easy accessible.

Infrastructure, management, facilities

The stone has been dislocated. It is located in a well-managed courtyard of a private house. Once it was immured in the foundations of the cattle-shed of “Nuksas” home, after that it was located for some time in the courtyard of “Mucenieki”. No touri