Sietiņiezis Rock and its Devil’s Cave

Geological-geomorphological heritage – state protected nature territory. The Sietiņiezis Rock is the largest white sandstone detrition in Latvia. The territory of the Gauja National Park, Natura2000. The object’s relation to cult comes of the tales about the Devil’s activities at the rock itself and in its surroundings. The largest sandstone protuberance in the southern part of the Sietiņiezis Rock is called the Devil’s Heel; at the S part, at the cave-in, the Sietiņiezis Devil’s Cave is situated. The Sietiņiezis Devil’s Hill is ~10.5 m long. The cave is unique due to the fact that its both endings are open; here, not far from the former already collapsed sandstone arch, a new arch is forming. At the entrance the cave is wide and high (5 m wide, 4 m high, 2.5 m deep), further on it becomes narrower (30 cm high, 70 cm wide) until it forms a filler again on the other side (depth of 8 m, width up to 13 m) that catches snow and rain water that enlarges the cave while flowing through it. (S. Laime, 2009) The length of the cave is 1.2 m, the space of the ground is 25 m2. Other nearby objects: Antoni Devil’s Stone, Polbrenči Spring, Vaidava Lake, Swedish Pine, Stoķi Cliffs, and the Health Spring.