Description
The size of the stone: length 3.10 m, width 2.50 m, height 0.5–0.8 m, circumference 9.50 m. On the surface of the stone there is a big jag which torn out around 1940 – 1945. The stone was first surveyed in 2006 (A. Grīnbergs).
Narrative
The first data about this Devil’s Stone were reported by archaeologist Jānis Apals who used to live in Vecšauļi homestead in his childhood and tended grazing cattle at the stone. Some man named Ponteins from the Lithuanian bank of the Vadakste River had told him that on the stone “the Devil used to dry money”. It can be considered an ancient site based on the name of the Devil’s Stone.
Location
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Gatis Kalniņš
Founder and maintainer of www.latvijas-pilskalni.lv, www.senvietas.lv and hillforts.eu.
Founder and maintainer of www.latvijas-pilskalni.lv, www.senvietas.lv and hillforts.eu.