Dronkas Devil’s Stone

The flat surface of the stone bears two interesting footprints, which as it is said are left by the Devil. The most interesting is the footprint in the shape of Latvia, which is found on the N side of the surface, around 20 cm from a steep edge. The footprint is up to 15 cm deep. „Latvia’s” length – 25 cm, width – 12 to 15cm. The second footprint is located on the W side of the surface, 4 cm from the W edge and 15 – 30 cm from the S edge: the footprint is in total 54 cm long, and it is divided in 3 sections: each 16, 20 and 18cm long; the footprint is in total 9 cm wide; depth: upper part – 6 – 7 cm deep, middle – up to 2cm deep, lower part – 5 – 6 cm deep. Usually there is no water in this footprint, while there is always at least some in “Latvia”. The stone bears minor cracks, but no carvings. The water accumulated in the Devil’s Foot was deemed healing.

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On the East and North of the stone there are several pits left by “gold diggers” from different periods of time. On the Jekabpils district map (Jana Seta, Riga, 2010) the stone is marked on the opposite side of the cemetery. Not far from Dronku cemetery there is the Lake Dronku, which is also mentioned in many legends. On the Southern bank of the lake there is a hillock, which is called the God’s Garden (J.Urtans. Lakes of Upper Latvia. Riga, 2008). There is the ancient burial ground of Ezerini and Dronku settlement in the vicinity.

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