Dovbush rocks

The Rocks of Dovbush is a group of natural and man-made structures carved out of rock at around 980m ASL in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The name of the formations comes from a leader of the opryshky movement, Oleksa Dovbush.

The rocks are a part of the Polyanytskiy Regional Landscape Park.

Archeological finds point to the existence of a pre-Christian observatory in the rocks around the 10-17th centuries BC. In the 10th century the complex became an important fortress and a frontier post of Yaroslav Osmomysl in his conflict with the Grand Prince of Kiev.^[1]

See also

• List of colossal sculpture in situ
• List of archaeoastronomical sites by country
• List of megalithic sites

References

1. ^ http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/v/wvp5001/Oleska%20Dovbush.htm

Coordinates: 49°03′06″N 23°40′44″E / 49.05167°N 23.67889°E / 49.05167; 23.67889