Behind the village of Pillovo, next to the Kihtolka platform, in the Kingisepp district of the Leningrad region, there is Mengir-Kamen.

Menhir - в переводе с нескольких европейских языков означает "длинный камень"... Камень менгир - это дикий камень, установленный людьми в эпоху неолита или бронзового века (между 9500 и 1100 лет до нашей эры). К этому периоду относятся знаменитые дольмены, которые можно увидеть в районе Геленджика. Оказалось, что и в Ленинградской области есть такие сооружения первобытного человека - как правило, в виде каменного "камня-исполина". Назначение менгир-камня, предположительно, культовое, но может быть посвящено и памяти предков (ритуальное).

The ancient monument is located - Mengir in the west of the region in the Kingisepp district. I ended up there to visit source of the Virgin у деревни Геогиевский - рядом с Пиллово, который посещал и ранее. На другой стороне от железной дороги на карте обозначена достопримечательность - "менгир - камень".

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To drive up to Mengir, you need to move along the railway by car about 800-1200 meters, then you need to go along the field of 400 meters to the east. The stone is not visible from the highway or from the railway, but from the country road is barely distinguishable. Dimensions: the height of the stone from the base is about 3-4 meters, the width and depth are 5 and 4 meters (by eye).

It turned out at the Kikhtolka railway station at sunset, but the day on July 30, 2025 was at the beginning of the cloudy. But in the evening, clarifications, gaps appeared in the clouds. With falling straight rays of the sun, a vertical line connecting the foot of stone and its top is visible. Perhaps, thus, with the help of a vertical strip, ancient people wanted to convey the fact that their ancestors came from somewhere from the sky?
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The stone seems to be made of several parts, then assembled together.
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At the base with the right, i.e. The south side shows that the stone lies on another stone, which is laid at the base. A small canopy is formed in this place, as in a dolmen.

If you look at the stone from the north side, then when the sun is likely, it seems that on the obelisk a distinguishable eye, looking towards sunset.
As if the giant looks to the west, after the evening sun.
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The silhouette of a stone -mengira in a reference light. ( Photography can be increased by pressing, bringing the holding of one finger: ).

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A fragment showing a mechanical structure - components of the Mengira stone ( photography can be increased by pressing, bringing the holding of one finger: ):

Type of mengir-stone from the southwest side ( photography can be increased by pressing, bringing the holding of one finger: ):

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