Peninsula. the on Virve of village the near starts which sandy. are bays 6. Rapakivi granite of Viipuri, 7. Quartz-porphyry of Suursaar of Quartz-porphyry 7. Viipuri, of granite Rapakivi 6.

Lahemaa are rocky but the mouths of rivers flowing into the the into flowing rivers of mouths the but rocky are Lahemaa porphyrite of Tammela, 4. Helsingite, 5. Uralite porphyrite of Pellinge, of porphyrite Uralite 5. Helsingite, 4. Tammela, of porphyrite ) is located at the Majakivi-Pikanõmme Study Trail, Trail, Study Majakivi-Pikanõmme the at located is ) Rock House (

is why the northern coast and capes of the peninsulas of of peninsulas the of capes and coast northern the why is of Åland islands, 2. Red quartz-porphyry of Baltic Sea, 3. Uralite Uralite 3. Sea, Baltic of quartz-porphyry Red 2. islands, Åland of Majakivi called boulder erratic largest fourth ’s family.

the water swept off the finer material between them. That That them. between material finer the off swept water the 1. Rapakivi granite granite Rapakivi 1. boulders: erratic leading the of areas Distribution went and knocked on the rock, and a new baby was born in the the in born was baby new a and rock, the on knocked and went

interaction of the sea and land: the sea heaped rocks up and and up rocks heaped sea the land: and sea the of interaction

Viinistu Art Museum. When the children wanted a sibling, they they sibling, a wanted children the When Museum. Art

occur, which characterize the the characterize which occur, fields boulder dense Lahemaa,

, which lies on the coast opposite the the opposite coast the on lies which , Rock Mustkivi behind from

Tallinn 2007, by drawing 9) drawing by 2007, On both the present-day coast and the coast slopes of of slopes coast the and coast present-day the both On

” the village’s children were brought from behind this boulder or or boulder this behind from brought were children village’s the

Eesti rändkivid”, rändkivid”, Eesti ( boulders erratic of areas Distribution Drawing:

in the rock as if in wax. That is how the rock got its name. name. its got rock the how is That wax. in if as rock the in

as the “Baby Rock” by the local people. The legend says that all all that says legend The people. local the by Rock” “Baby the as

But the rock was so soft that the witch’s nail traces remained remained traces nail witch’s the that soft so was rock the But

fishing net sheds in the village of . The rock was also known known also was rock The Altja. of village the in sheds net fishing

rock back into her apron, the rock grew even faster and bigger. bigger. and faster even grew rock the apron, her into back rock

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, lies in the sea near the the near sea the in lies , Rock Big Altja boulder, easternmost The

and heavier, and finally fell down. When Epp tried to put the the put to tried Epp When down. fell finally and heavier, and

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the land of the Toomani Farm Museum in the village of . Muuksi. of village the in Museum Farm Toomani the of land the

4 to carry a rock in her apron. Once the rock became heavier heavier became rock the Once apron. her in rock a carry to

– an old cupmarked boulder on on boulder cupmarked old an – Rock is boulder erratic 1 5 to the legend, Epp the Witch lived in Võhma Village. She used used She Village. Võhma in lived Witch the Epp legend, the to

County and six in Lääne-Viru County. Lahemaa’s westernmost westernmost Lahemaa’s County. Lääne-Viru in six and County

). According According ). Rock Wax ( Vahakivi – in boulder erratic huge

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fields have been taken under protection. 21 of them lie in Harju Harju in lie them of 21 protection. under taken been have fields at the lane to the forest warden of Uueküla, there is the only only the is there Uueküla, of warden forest the to lane the at

significant huge boulders, out of which 27 boulders or boulder boulder or boulders 27 which of out boulders, huge significant 400 metres to the south-west of the Palmse-Ilumäe Road, Road, Palmse-Ilumäe the of south-west the to metres 400

of the Käsmu Peninsula. Peninsula. Käsmu the of The encompasses more than 50 50 than more encompasses Park National Lahemaa The

pine stand south of the Madlilepa lagoon on the northern coast coast northern the on lagoon Madlilepa the of south stand pine position of these boulders. these of position

lies in a dry and sandy sandy and dry a in lies Boulder Erratic Madlilepa oval The days. existence of granite and rapakivi granite in the chemical com- chemical the in granite rapakivi and granite of existence

landward side of Lemeti rock mark the water level of those those of level water the mark rock Lemeti of side landward Finland and the surroundings of Viipuri. This is proved by the the by proved is This Viipuri. of surroundings the and Finland

in Tallinn in 1912. The numbers of years 1846 and 1968 on the the on 1968 and 1846 years of numbers The 1912. in Tallinn in the huge rocks have been carried to Lahemaa from Southeast Southeast from Lahemaa to carried been have rocks huge the

planned to be the base for the monument to Peter I, erected erected I, Peter to monument the for base the be to planned its journey, spreading them around at its melting stage. Most of of Most stage. melting its at around them spreading journey, its

the Käsmu Maritime Museum. It is said that the rock was was rock the that said is It Museum. Maritime Käsmu the from the earth of the Baltic Shield and carried them along on on along them carried and Shield Baltic the of earth the from

the highest erratic boulder in continental continental in boulder erratic highest the Boulder, Erratic

is located on the coast near near coast the on located is Rock Lemeti prism-shaped The mountains and Finland slowly towards the south, tore off rocks rocks off tore south, the towards slowly Finland and mountains

spear, however, hit the rock which was called Spear Rock after that. that. after Rock Spear called was which rock the hit however, spear,

Kullahansu Rock lies two kilometres afar. afar. kilometres two lies Rock Kullahansu years ago, the continental ice sheet moved from Scandinavia’s Scandinavia’s from moved sheet ice continental the ago, years

Pärispea and he threw his spear from Juminda Cape at them. But the the But them. at Cape Juminda from spear his threw he and Pärispea

lore, its real name is Härjakivi (Ox’s Rock) and the proper proper the and Rock) (Ox’s Härjakivi is name real its lore, century. About 12,500 12,500 About century. 19 the of researchers the to glaciation

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) is located. Once Kalevipoeg saw enemies coming to Cape Cape to coming enemies saw Kalevipoeg Once located. is ) Rock lies. According to the folk folk the to According lies. Rock Kullahansu Centre, Community gave inspiration and evidence on the idea of the continental continental the of idea the on evidence and inspiration gave

Spear Spear ( Odakivi Peninsula, Pärispea the of part western the in cape In a grassland 300 metres from the road near the Kolgaküla Kolgaküla the near road the from metres 300 grassland a In also plenty of boulder fields. The large erratic boulders already already boulders erratic large The fields. boulder of plenty also

had escaped from him. from escaped had rich wooded grassland in Village. At the tip of a small small a of tip the At Village. Kasispea in grassland wooded rich es, really huge. There are are There huge. really es, metr ten than more of diameter the or

Kalevipoeg tried to throw this rock from Finland at Satan who who Satan at Finland from rock this throw to tried Kalevipoeg shaped as a cracked, sharp-edged pyramid, which lies in a juniper- a in lies which pyramid, sharp-edged cracked, a as shaped some of them being, with the circumference of over 25 metres metres 25 over of circumference the with being, them of some

is located in Tammispea Village. According to a legend, legend, a to According Village. Tammispea in located is Estonia, Rock, Big Jaani-Tooma is kind its of symbol Lahemaa’s name. its boulders, erratic in rich extremely is Park National Lahemaa The

) lies, where once lots of terns were nesting, which clarifies clarifies which nesting, were terns of lots once where lies, ) terns

Rock of of Rock ( Tiirukivi colourful the and Viinistu of villages

Photo: Tiirukivi Rock, L. Michelson L. Rock, Tiirukivi Photo: Michelson L. Boulder, Erratic Purekari Photo:

target and the rock landed in Viinistu. On the coast between the the between coast the On Viinistu. in landed rock the and target

from Finland to Pärispea, but as it often happened, he missed the the missed he happened, often it as but Pärispea, to Finland from

Village, however, tell us that Kalevipoeg wanted to throw the rock rock the throw to wanted Kalevipoeg that us tell however, Village,

in the middle of Viinistu Viinistu of middle the in Rock Big Jaani-Mardi about legends The

thrown here from Finland by Kalevipoeg, the Estonian national hero. hero. national Estonian the Kalevipoeg, by Finland from here thrown

is said to have been been have to said is Boulder Erratic Purekari mighty The boulders.

at the end of the Pärispea Peninsula is densely dotted with erratic erratic with dotted densely is Peninsula Pärispea the of end the at

word “joom”, meaning the bay. Estonia’s northernmost cape Purekari Purekari cape northernmost Estonia’s bay. the meaning “joom”, word

translated as “Rock of drinking”, it actually derives from the dialect dialect the from derives actually it drinking”, of “Rock as translated

are situated. Although the name “Joomakivi” may be be may “Joomakivi” name the Although situated. are Rock Launiidu

and and Rock Joomakivi bay, land the of coast the On Lahemaa. in

coastal meadows to the north, is the area richest in erratic boulders boulders erratic in richest area the is north, the to meadows coastal The neighbourhood of Viinistu, especially the flat land bays and and bays land flat the especially Viinistu, of neighbourhood The

for survival to the peasants at the time of the Great Famine in the late 17th century. When the famine was over, the peasants, expressing their gratitude, cleaned the manor’s fields from rocks and heaped them up. Two heaps out of eight have preserved. Several gigantic rocks of Lahemaa were already known by the famous naturalists of the 19th century, who visited the region and examined the boulders at the invitation of Alexander von Pahlen, the Palmse Landlord and President of the Baltic Society of Natural Sciences. Gregor von Helmersen, a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, was particularly enthused about the erratic boulders and he publised the descriptions and drawings on some of them in the monography dedicated to Northwestern Russia’s large erratic boulders. In his speech to the Society of Naturalists in Tartu in 1879, he called manor and land owners to Photo: Rock heaps of Näljakangur, L. Michelson protect all the erratic boulders with the girth of more than three metres. This appeal can be considered as the first initiative in the Russian Empire to protect inorganic world. The most magnificent in Estonia is the Käsmu Boulder Field with its area of 400 hectares, located on the Käsmu When you see damage done to the nature or visiting objects, inform the Peninsula and designating the former coastline. It has come Environmental Inspectorate by phone 1313. into being during the past 4,000 years as a result of coastal erosion and the pressure of sea ice. The rocks and boulders, already covered with moss, are in places stuck to or even Lahemaa piled on each other. Although a boulder field consists of National Park mostly smaller rocks, some larger gigantic boulders also occur. The largest erratic boulder in the Käsmu boulder field is Matsikivi which lies at the Käsmu nature and cultural history trail, starting at the chapel. The same trail will also take you to Vana-Jüri Erratic Boulder at the tip of the cape. The six boulders of rapakivi granite, lying nearby on the coast, are also called the Vana-Jüri Rocks. There are rocks called Meremunk (Sea Monk) and Metsamunk (Forest Monk) within the boulder field. The oblong Meremunk has ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY the shape of an irregular quadrangle and steep sides. The Environmental Board rock is cracked and its western side is broken, presumably Palmse, 45435 Viitna Phone +372 329 5535 caused by a lightning stroke. Metsamunk is steep-sided [email protected] and spherical. www.keskkonnaamet.ee Another well-known group of rocks is the Kloostrikivid (Convent Rocks), also called as the Palmse Boulder Field, in ARRANGEMENT OF VISITS the forest near the Palmse Manor House. The group consi- Palmse, North-Estonian District sts of 13 larger and a number of smaller rocks of rapakivi Nature Management Department granite. The sharp-edged rocks probably originate from one State Forest Management Centre (RMK) LAHEMAA gigantic boulder which broke into pieces. A legend says Phone +372 329 5555 [email protected] that the rocks are devils who used to go and peep at the Publication supported by www.rmk.ee National Park nuns at the Palmse convent. After the nunnery had been Environmental Investment Centre th closed in the 15 century, the devils stayed waiting for Compiled by: K. Kingumets ERRATIC BOULDERS the nuns until they petrified. Another story says that the Front page photo: Jaani-Tooma Big Rock, rocks are nuns punished by Heavenly Father for their sins. L. Michelson KAAS In a hayfield not far from the Palmse Manor, two huge Layout by: Akriibia Ltd. rock piles called the Näljakangrud (Heaps of Hunger) lie. Printed by: Aktaprint PLC The Lord of the Palmse Manor is said to have given grain ©Environmental Board 2012 Circum- Lahemaa protected erratic boulders ference in Length in Width in Height in Name Rural municipality, county metres metres metres metres Type of rock Jaani-Mardi Big Rock , Harju 34.5 13.2 9.2 5.7 Augen granite gneiss Jaani-Tooma Big Rock Kuusalu, Harju 34.7 12.7 7.4 7.6 Rapakivi granite Majakivi Kuusalu, Harju 40.9 15.1 11.0 7.0 Migmatite granite Altja Big Rock , Lääne-Viru 22.6 4.4 4.8 4.1 Rapakivi granite Joomakivi Kuusalu, Harju 18.6 7.1 4.5 4.4 Rapakivi granite Karu Rock Kuusalu, Harju 19 7.1 3.6 4 Rapakivi granite Kiviheinamaa Kärga Rock Kuusalu, Harju 24 7,6 7.6 5.2 Rapakivi granite Kullahansu Rock Kuusalu, Harju 23.4 8.3 6.7 2 Rapakivi granite Launiidu Rock Kuusalu, Harju 25 6.2 6.2 3.6 Rapakivi granite Photo: Mustkivi Rock, L. Michelson Mustkivi Kuusalu, Harju 26.7 8.1 5.9 3.3 Migmatite granite Madlipea Erratic Boulder Vihula, Lääne-Viru 20.6 7.8 4.7 2.6 Rapakivi granite Matsikivi Vihula, Lääne-Viru 24.7 7.8 7.1 4.8 Migmatite granite Meremunk Vihula, Lääne-Viru 18.5 7.1 4.7 4.4 Migmatite granite Metsamunk Vihula, Lääne-Viru 20.9 7.7 5.3 3.6 Migmatite granite Ojakivi Vihula, Lääne-Viru 29.6 11.6 10.9 6.0 Rapakivi granite Mohni Island’s Erratic Boulder Kuusalu, Harju 7 6 5.2 Rapakivi granite Odakivi Kuusalu, Harju 21.8 8.3 4.6 4.6 Rapakivi granite Painuva Erratic Boulder Kuusalu, Harju 34.4 9.8 9.1 5.3 Rapakivi granite Pikametsa Big Rock Kuusalu, Harju 20.2 8.2 6.6 4.2 Rapakivi granite Tammispea Erratic Boulder Kuusalu, Harju 27.7 11 5.4 7.7 Rapakivi granite Taneli Rock Kuusalu, Harju 20.7 6.6 5.6 3.8 Rapakivi granite Photo: Boulder field, L. Michelson Tiirukivi Kuusalu, Harju 22.6 8.2 7.4 5.7 Migmatite granite Vahakivi Vihula, Lääne-Viru 24.3 9.5 6 4.5 Granite Purekari Erratic Boulder Kuusalu, Harju 22.1 7.8 6.7 5.2 Granite Saadumetsa Big Rock Vihula, Lääne 21.8 5.8 5.6 5 Rapakivi granite Vana-Jüri Erratic Boulder Vihula, Lääne 20.6 7.2 5.2 5.5 Rapakivi granite Lemeti Rock Vihula, Lääne 22 8 4.25 5.25 Turbuneeme Rock 1 Kuusalu, Harju 18.6 5.9 4.5 2.2 Migmatite granite Turbuneeme Rock 2 Kuusalu, Harju 16.6 5.9 5 2.2 Migmatite granite Tsitre Rock Kuusalu, Harju 14.7 4.9 3.9 2.2 Rapakivi granite Nõmmeveski Erratic Boulder Kuusalu, Harju Kloostrikivid, group of 13 boulders Vihula, Lääne-Viru 22.8* 8.7* 5.9* 3.3* Rapakivi granite

* measurements of the largest rock Photo: Altja Big Rock, K. Kingumets

§ Lahemaa Rahvuspargi looduskeskus / Lahemaa National Park's Nature Centre Infopunkt / Information point Rändkivi / Boulder Kaitseala piir / Mohni saar Conservation area boundary Mohni saare rändrahn Kõvakattega tee / Surfaced road Kruuskattega tee / Gravel road Pinnastee / Unpaved road Purekari rändrahn Nõlv, järsak / Slope, cliff

Pärispea

Joomakivi Mustkivi Launiidu kivi Kuhjakivi Odakivi Sorrukivi Juminda Pärispea poolsaar Tiirukivi Ulkari Koolimäe Viinistu poolsaar Madlilepa laht Pedassaare Turbuneeme Painuva rändrahn Lahe Ta mmis tu Meremunk rändrahn Vana-Jüri Pärispea rändrahn Turbuneeme kivid rändrahn Koolimäe Metsamunk Käsmu Matsikivi e. Eremiit Lobi Lemeti kivi Jaani-Tooma suurkivi Käsmu poolsaar Altja Suurkivi Kasispea Saadumetsa Virve Ojakivi Karu suurkivi suurkivi -Aabla Käsmu laht Altja Eru laht Majakivi Käsmu Hara laht Kiviheinamaa järv Võsu Juminda poolsaar Hara kivi Oandu -Aabla Loksa Eru Tepelvälja Valgejõgi Tammispea Tammispea Võsu jõgi Lohja rändrahn Kolga laht järv Kotka LAHEMAA RAHVUSPARK Tõugu Hara soo Võhma Ilumäe Kolgaküla Kullahansu kivi Kakuvälja Tsitre Vah aki vi Metsanurga Nõmmeveski Uusküla Kloostrikivid Näljakangrud Pudisoo jõgi Nõmmeveski Muuksi Palmse Vila rändrahn Tsitre kivi Võsupere Laukasoo Kolga 1:130 000 Pikametsa suurkivi Loobu jõgi 1 cm kaardil = 1,3 km looduses Kalme Vanaküla Kahala Mustametsa Kõnnu järv ©Geodata©Geodata 2012 2012