Kapsēde's Rudais stone-pit stone
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Pit stones are considered to be the oldest known cult stones. The round depressions on their surfaces were formed using some other small stone several thousand years ago. Their true meaning has not been clarified to this day, but several versions have been put forward as to why the ancient man made them. For example, he marked the birth or death of a person, made a star map, performed a ritual of a religious nature, for economic purposes, for folk medicine and other assumptions.
Typology: Pit stone - stone of archaeological importance, big stone.
Dimensions: 3.9 m long, 2.8 m wide, up to 2 m high, circumference 11.50 m, volume 11 cubic meters.
Geological description: Rapakivi granite-rusty brown. The texture is mottled, determined by the uneven arrangement of a small number of ovoids in the rock. Their dimensions reach 4-5 cm and the thickness of plagioclase rims is up to 3-5 mm. The surface of the stone is significantly but unevenly charred. The stone is divided by several cracks. It is in the original location.
Cultural-historical description: As part of the stone research project, the expedition of the Latvian Petroglyph Center on April 5, 2008 discovered that the hitherto widely known giant stone is also an archaeological monument - a hitherto unknown pit stone. There are at least 7 pits of convincing quality on the surface of the stone, probably made in the Bronze Age, i.e. already well before our era. One of the most significant discoveries in 2008.
There are also holes on the surface of the stone, which indicate that the stone was intended to be split at some unknown time.
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