Kalnalammikas Sacrificial Stone and Settlement

State archaeological heritage (State Inspection for Heritage Protection, No 2456). 3.95 m long, 2.90 wide, 1.10 m high; circumference of 10.90 m, volume of 5 m³. The stone has not been moved. The orientation of the longitudinal axis is 160 degrees which is almost in the N–S direction and corresponds to the direction the glacier moved, consequently, the stone certainly lies in its original location. In 1978 it was discovered by the expedition of Valmiera Local History Museum. Around the stone a cultural layer has been found (1st-2nd cent. of 2nd millennium AD). The Kalnalammiki settlement site. Approximately in the Bronze Age 40 spherical cup-marks were made on the stone surface. Almost all (except two) cup-marks are made on the stone surface facing E. (A. Grīnbergs, 2010) Around the stone there is dark earth where one can find tiny container fragments, mainly from the wheel containers (11th–13th century?). Obviously, here, on the river bank, there was a late iron age settlement. According to Austra Puikāne (residing in the Irbītes homestead, former Arakste Inn, 77 y. old) who was born and grew up in the Kalnalammikas homestead, there used to be a well at the very stone in the valley. During some excavations around year 1936–1937 wooden well rings were found in the earth here. (I. Cimermane, 1979)