Riffian perforated stone
The Riffian ( Italian : Riffiano ) perforated stone , which was machined more than 4000 years ago, is located in Riffian in South Tyrol ( Italy ). It was found in the sand of the Passer and is now placed in front of the town hall.
The stone with a soul hole is said to be the gable slab of a stone burial chamber that came to light in 1953 when the earth was moved, but was only recognized as such later. Carried into the valley floor by a landslide, it may originally have stood above the site, near the Rempbichl. The dimensions are: height 84 cm, width 129 cm, core hole diameter 19 cm. The latter is significantly larger in the closest comparison finds in Switzerland. The tombstone is derived from the Western European gallery grave type “Allée couverte” and dates from around 2200–2000 BC. There are four comparative finds of perforated stones in South Tyrol, including in Algund and at the stone chamber grave of Gratsch in Gratsch (here a soul hole diameter of 24 cm).
Algund near Meran seems to have been an important center in the past. After all, four perforated stones and four of seven South Tyrolean statue menhirs come from there. The hole stone from Algund in 1978 discovered during construction. It proves that it belonged to a grave complex made of 10–15 stone slabs, which in east-west orientation formed a covered chamber about 3.0 m long and 1.5 m wide, that such small soul holes were common here. Its dimensions are 1.3 × 1.13 × 0.25 m, hole diameter about 20 cm.
literature
- Luis Oberrauch: Riffian's soul stone . In: Der Schlern 58 (1984), pp. 238-239.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′ 6.3 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 49.9" E