General Characteristics
County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Písek
Cadastre: Vesec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2223, 22232
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
ID : 494
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Accumulation of granite blocks resembling a rock arch. Rock consist of a porphyritic hornblende-biotite melanocratic granite of Čertovo břemeno type. Cryogenic forms of weathering also present. Geomorphologically interesting phenomenon.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology, geomorphology
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: tourism, open cast mining
References
Bílek J.-Sládek J.(1982): Kovářovsko - průvodce oblastí a naučnou stezkou. Okresní pedagogické středisko v Písku. Chábera S.(1992): Žulové balvany se skalními mísami na Kovářovsku. Sborník Jihočeského muzea v Českých Budějovicích, přírodní vědy, roč.32,str.5-11.České Budějovice. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Cicha Ivan, 21.09.94
Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 494 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/494. Location in map:
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