Pandari Sacrificial Hill and Sacrificial Stone
Location
State: Latvia
Region: Vidzeme
County: Smiltene
Parish: Bilska
Coordinates
lat=57.463553705899, lon=25.991481987842
57° 27′ 48″ N, 25° 59′ 29″ E
Description
State archaeological heritage (State Inspection for Heritage Protection, No 2346). The stone is rather large, overgrown with moss. The stone is located about 1 km of the Pandari homestead, one has to cross a meadow and a clearing. Nearby there is a trunk of a dead-tree that is the only landmark for finding the stone also for the local people.
Narrative
No recorded folklore materials have been found. The local people cannot tell anything about the site. There are unrecorded tales that in former times in this area there was also a church, but no evidence about it has been found. People who told about the church have passed away already.
Attraction
The stone is not so impressive to have a sense of fulfillment having reached the destination.
Availability
Without a local guide (an inhabitant of the Pandari homestead) it is almost impossible to find the Pandari Sacrificial Stone. The only landmark for finding the location of the stone is the trunk of a dead tree that can be seen on top of the hillock. The stone itself is grown into the grass.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No infrastructure. The land on which the Sacrificial Stone and the Sacrificial Hill are situated is not used and is slowly overgrowing, because the actual proprietor and master has passed away.
Local info
No information stand. The only source of information is the narration provided by an inhabitant of t
Capacity
0 – 9
Publicity
Unknown
Legal Status
Private
Comments
The Pandari Ancient Burial Ground is situated in the private property of the Pandari homestead; the size of the ground can be determined by the pine-trees growing on the hillock where the ancient burial ground is situated (from 1 dead pine-tree to 2 nearby growing pine-trees). There is no evidence about the ancient burial ground, the hillock is overgrown with trees.
