Polish Stonehenge (Kromlech's in Poland)

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Kromlech - circle made from vertical placed stones. Most known is definitly the one in Britain - Stonehenge. Not many people knows, that in Poland are 4 such stone circles.

Stone circle in Grzybnica (Poland)

Author: Agnieszka Kwiecień Nova under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

 

 

Polish kromlech's are from Rome period and are 'little' less spectacular than British or Irelands ones. the biggest one is in Odra village on the Wda river. It is believed, that this stone circle was made by Scandinavians.

In Odry there are 10 circles - the smallest one has 15m and the biggest one 33m. On the circles perimeter the stones are positioned. Stones aren't big, because they have from 20 to 70 cm. Except of the circles in Odry there are about 30 tumuluses.

Odry stone circles in Poland

Author: Merlin under  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0

Odry stone circles - panoramic viewAuthor: Lukusk

Another Polish kromlech is near Węsiory village. It is also made by the Scandinavians Gots which were wandering from Sweden to Germany. There are stone circles, tumuluses and graves.

 

Wesiory stone circles in Poland

Author: Maria Golińska under Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa - Na tych samych warunkach 3.0

Wesiory - tumulus Author: Maria Golińska under Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa - Na tych samych warunkach 3.0


The last Kromlech which we want to show is in Grzybnica. It is also made by the Scandinavians Gots. In this place there are 5 circles of which two are one of the biggest in Europe. They have 36m in diameter.Besides the circles and tumuluses, there are piles of burnt.

 

One of the circle in Grzybownik (Poland)Author:Nova under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0

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