Line of perched boulders
Megalith complex on a mountain
Kivakka (Karelia)
Dolmen on "plateau white seids"(Kola peninsula)
Megalith "Voroniy kamen"("Crows stone") in Murmansk. This construction stands in stone circle.
Lapland season:
Magic stones of Lapland
(Megalithic complexes of northern Russia: stone circle, stone rows, dolmen and perched boulders)
Lapland season - expedition organized by the author of this site in Kareliya and Kola peninsula to ancient stones of russian Lapland.
In northern part of Russia the plenty ancient megaliths settles down. Here there are many thousand stones named "dolmen", "perched boulders", "flyttblock", "liggande hona", "tripod rocks", balancing rocks and "rock on rock". There are designs from stones - circles, squares, line. This ancient stones in northern Russia name "seid".
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Line of perched boulders
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Dolmen on "plateau white seids"(Kola peninsula) |
Megalith "Voroniy kamen"("Crows stone") in Murmansk. This construction stands in stone circle. |
The purpose of expedition was study these megaliths, and also job above documentary film (film director V.Baronov, Saint-Petersburg). The researches many megaliths were carried out, more than 1500 photo are made, the gaugings are carried out and the of information on radiating and magnetic anomalies are received. The route of expedition ran through national park Paanajarvi in northern Kareliya and in northern part of the Kola peninsula: from border with Norway, Murmansk city and to Keyvi region. The information on designs, forms, statement of stones is assembled. There are mentions of visiting megalithic complexes and rituals connected with megaliths of the skold - people (Kolta-sami).
 Balanced rock |
 Tripod rock - lapland seid (seita, sieide) |
 Photo report of expedition 2CD "Northern megalithic traditions in Russia", 560 photos. |
 Rock on rock ("Stone cap") |
 Perched boulder on mt. Nuorunen (Karelia) |
 Film "Magic of seid" |
Participants of "Lapland season": V.Mizin (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Geographical Society), V.Troshin (Murmansk, State Service Academy), V.Baronov (Saint-Petersburg, archaeologist, film director), V.Volkov (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Geographical Society, topographer), L.Antonova (Saint-Petersburg, assistant)