Stone labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island are a group of 13 or 14 labyrinths on Bolshoi Zayatsky Island, one of the Solovetsky Islands in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia...
As well as 13 or 14 labyrinths, there are more than 850 heaps of boulders on Bolshoi Zayatsky Island, plus numerous other stone settings such as a stone symbol with radial spokes, possibly representing the sun...
All the labyrinths are concentrated in an area of 0.4 km2 on the western part of the island...
Another enormous complex of stone settings on Sopka Hill, in the eastern part of the island, does not include any labyrinths...
In all there are 35 labyrinths (known as vavilons – "Babylons" – in the local dialect) in the Solovetsky Islands...
All have been made of local boulders...
Excavations in the stone heaps have yielded parts of bones...
As well as 13 or 14 labyrinths, there are more than 850 heaps of boulders on Bolshoi Zayatsky Island, plus numerous other stone settings such as a stone symbol with radial spokes, possibly representing the sun...
All the labyrinths are concentrated in an area of 0.4 km2 on the western part of the island...
Another enormous complex of stone settings on Sopka Hill, in the eastern part of the island, does not include any labyrinths...
In all there are 35 labyrinths (known as vavilons – "Babylons" – in the local dialect) in the Solovetsky Islands...
All have been made of local boulders...
Excavations in the stone heaps have yielded parts of bones...