In the days of yore, the Devil gathered stones to build a bridge to Sāmsala (Saaremaa). He decided to heap the sea with stones. The Devil put the stones into a large sack, but, as the sack was very heavy, it tore apart and the stones fell out in the direction of the Devils run. There is still no road to Saaremaa, and the Devil still cannot get to it. Yet at the beginning of the 20th century older people warned their children to behave themselves calmly and quietly at the stones. On a more scientific note, Kaltenes Kalvas (Kaltene Stone Ridges) are large ridge-like stone formations in the forest approximately 1,5 km from Kaltene seashore. Such stone formations are not found near any other parts of the Latvian seashore. Geologists believe they have formed several thousand years ago, when the Baltic ice lake retreated from this region. More info about the site: ancientsites.eu/en/objects/stone/432-kaltene-devils-stone-ridges-kaltenes-velna-kalvas
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:08:10 +0000
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