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©Environmental Board 2012 Board ©Environmental The Lord of the Palmse Manor is said to have given grain grain given have to said is Manor Palmse the of Lord The (Heaps of Hunger) lie. lie. Hunger) of (Heaps Näljakangrud the called piles rock Printed by: Aktaprint PLC Aktaprint by: Printed In a hayfield not far from the Palmse Manor, two huge huge two Manor, Palmse the from far not hayfield a In Layout by: Akriibia Ltd. Akriibia by: Layout KAAS rocks are nuns punished by Heavenly Father for their sins. sins. their for Father Heavenly by punished nuns are rocks L. Michelson L. Front page photo: Jaani-Tooma Big Rock, Rock, Big Jaani-Tooma photo: page Front the nuns until they petrified. Another story says that the the that says story Another petrified. they until nuns the ERRATIC BOULDERS ERRATIC Compiled by: K. Kingumets K. by: Compiled century, the devils stayed waiting for for waiting stayed devils the century, 15 the in closed th nuns at the Palmse convent. After the nunnery had been been had nunnery the After convent. Palmse the at nuns Environmental Investment Centre Centre Investment Environmental National Park National www.rmk.ee that the rocks are devils who used to go and peep at the the at peep and go to used who devils are rocks the that Publication supported by supported Publication [email protected] gigantic boulder which broke into pieces. A legend says says legend A pieces. into broke which boulder gigantic Phone +372 329 5555 +372 329 Phone LAHEMAA granite. The sharp-edged rocks probably originate from one one from originate probably rocks sharp-edged The granite. State Forest Management Centre (RMK) Centre Management Forest State sts of 13 larger and a number of smaller rocks of rapakivi rapakivi of rocks smaller of number a and larger 13 of sts Nature Management Department Management Nature the forest near the Palmse Manor House. The group consi- group The House. Manor Palmse the near forest the Palmse, North-Estonian District District North-Estonian Palmse, ARRANGEMENT OF VISITS OF ARRANGEMENT in in Field, Boulder Palmse the as called also Rocks), (Convent Kloostrikivid the is rocks of group well-known Another www.keskkonnaamet.ee and spherical. spherical. and [email protected] caused by a lightning stroke. Metsamunk is steep-sided steep-sided is Metsamunk stroke. lightning a by caused Phone +372 329 5535 Phone rock is cracked and its western side is broken, presumably presumably broken, is side western its and cracked is rock Palmse, 45435 Viitna Viitna 45435 Palmse, the shape of an irregular quadrangle and steep sides. The The sides. steep and quadrangle irregular an of shape the Environmental Board Environmental Monk) within the boulder field. The oblong Meremunk has has Meremunk oblong The field. boulder the within Monk) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATIVE (Forest (Forest Metsamunk and Monk) (Sea Meremunk called rocks the coast, are also called the Vana-Jüri Rocks. There are are There Rocks. Vana-Jüri the called also are coast, the cape. The six boulders of rapakivi granite, lying nearby on on nearby lying granite, rapakivi of boulders six The cape. at the tip of the the of tip the at Boulder Erratic Vana-Jüri to you take also history trail, starting at the chapel. The same trail will will trail same The chapel. the at starting trail, history which lies at the Käsmu nature and cultural cultural and nature Käsmu the at lies which Matsikivi is occur. The largest erratic boulder in the Käsmu boulder field field boulder Käsmu the in boulder erratic largest The occur. mostly smaller rocks, some larger gigantic boulders also also boulders gigantic larger some rocks, smaller mostly piled on each other. Although a boulder field consists of of consists field boulder a Although other. each on piled National Park National already covered with moss, are in places stuck to or even even or to stuck places in are moss, with covered already Lahemaa erosion and the pressure of sea ice. The rocks and boulders, boulders, and rocks The ice. sea of pressure the and erosion into being during the past 4,000 years as a result of coastal coastal of result a as years 4,000 past the during being into Environmental Inspectorate by phone 1313. phone by Inspectorate Environmental Peninsula and designating the former coastline. It has come come has It coastline. former the designating and Peninsula When you see damage done to the nature or visiting objects, inform the the inform objects, visiting or nature the to done damage see you When with its area of 400 hectares, located on the Käsmu Käsmu the on located hectares, 400 of area its with Field Käsmu Boulder Boulder Käsmu the is Estonia in magnificent most The to protect inorganic world. inorganic protect to This appeal can be considered as the first initiative in the Russian Empire Empire Russian the in initiative first the as considered be can appeal This Photo: Rock heaps of Näljakangur, L. Michelson L. Näljakangur, of heaps Rock Photo: protect all the erratic boulders with the girth of more than three metres. metres. three than more of girth the with boulders erratic the all protect Society of Naturalists in Tartu in 1879, he called manor and land owners to to owners land and manor called he 1879, in Tartu in Naturalists of Society to Northwestern Russia’s large erratic boulders. In his speech to the the to speech his In boulders. erratic large Russia’s Northwestern to descriptions and drawings on some of them in the monography dedicated dedicated monography the in them of some on drawings and descriptions particularly enthused about the erratic boulders and he publised the the publised he and boulders erratic the about enthused particularly von Helmersen, a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, was was Sciences, of Academy Imperial the of member a Helmersen, von Landlord and President of the Baltic Society of Natural Sciences. Gregor Gregor Sciences. Natural of Society Baltic the of President and Landlord the boulders at the invitation of Alexander von Pahlen, the Palmse Palmse the Pahlen, von Alexander of invitation the at boulders the century, who visited the region and examined examined and region the visited who century, 19 the of naturalists th Several gigantic rocks of Lahemaa were already known by the famous famous the by known already were Lahemaa of rocks gigantic Several Two heaps out of eight have preserved. preserved. have eight of out heaps Two gratitude, cleaned the manor’s fields from rocks and heaped them up. up. them heaped and rocks from fields manor’s the cleaned gratitude, century. When the famine was over, the peasants, expressing their their expressing peasants, the over, was famine the When century. 17 th for survival to the peasants at the time of the Great Famine in the late late the in Famine Great the of time the at peasants the to survival for The neighbourhood of Viinistu, especially the flat land bays and coastal meadows to the north, is the area richest in erratic boulders in Lahemaa. On the coast of the land bay, Joomakivi Rock and Launiidu Rock are situated. Although the name “Joomakivi” may be translated as “Rock of drinking”, it actually derives from the dialect word “joom”, meaning the bay. Estonia’s northernmost cape Purekari at the end of the Pärispea Peninsula is densely dotted with erratic boulders. The mighty Purekari Erratic Boulder is said to have been thrown here from Finland by Kalevipoeg, the Estonian national hero. The legends about Jaani-Mardi Big Rock in the middle of Viinistu Village, however, tell us that Kalevipoeg wanted to throw the rock from Finland to Pärispea, but as it often happened, he missed the target and the rock landed in Viinistu. On the coast between the Photo: Purekari Erratic Boulder, L. Michelson villages of Viinistu and Turbuneeme the colourful Tiirukivi (Rock of Photo: Tiirukivi Rock, L. Michelson terns) lies, where once lots of terns were nesting, which clarifies The Lahemaa National Park is extremely rich in erratic boulders, its name. Lahemaa’s symbol of its kind is Jaani-Tooma Big Rock, Estonia, is located in Tammispea Village. According to a legend, some of them being, with the circumference of over 25 metres shaped as a cracked, sharp-edged pyramid, which lies in a juniper- Kalevipoeg tried to throw this rock from Finland at Satan who or the diameter of more than ten metres, really huge. There are rich wooded grassland in Kasispea Village. At the tip of a small had escaped from him. also plenty of boulder fields. The large erratic boulders already cape in the western part of the Pärispea Peninsula, Odakivi (Spear In a grassland 300 metres from the road near the Kolgaküla gave inspiration and evidence on the idea of the continental Rock) is located. Once Kalevipoeg saw enemies coming to Cape Community Centre, Kullahansu Rock lies. According to the folk th glaciation to the researchers of the 19 century. About 12,500 Pärispea and he threw his spear from Juminda Cape at them. But the lore, its real name is Härjakivi (Ox’s Rock) and the proper years ago, the continental ice sheet moved from Scandinavia’s spear, however, hit the rock which was called Spear Rock after that. Kullahansu Rock lies two kilometres afar. mountains and Finland slowly towards the south, tore off rocks Tammispea Erratic Boulder, the highest erratic boulder in continental The prism-shaped Lemeti Rock is located on the coast near from the earth of the Baltic Shield and carried them along on the Käsmu Maritime Museum. It is said that the rock was its journey, spreading them around at its melting stage.

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