Nederlands Path: Home / Country list / Falling Rock Signs / in Kyrgyzstan

Falling Rock Signs from Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek - Tokmak, 24.VIII.1998
pict. G. De Knijf & H. Demolder
VI.2016, Kashkasu, Chüy;
pict. J. Koelstra
VI.2016, Cholok, Chüy;
pict. J. Koelstra

Most of the Falling Rock Signs in Kyrgyzstan have in common that that they feature a collection of boulders shown as circles. The same constellation can be seen in Kazachstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia. Other countries of the region (e.g. Georgia, Ukraine) post signs which are clearly related but not identical.
Just like in Armenia, several of the signs are mounted wrongly. Rotated 120° the bigger stones are on top and one gets the impression that the stones are going up into the air.

A regular line of stones like in the Ak-Bosogo find can also be found on the Azores and Cyprus.

VII.2016, Kyzylbiit, Jalal-Abad;
pict. J. Koelstra
VII.2016, Soku-Tash, Osh;
pict. J. Koelstra
VII.2016, Ak-Bosogo, Osh;
pict. J. Koelstra

VII.2016, Jalal-Abad;
pict. J. Koelstra
VII.2016, Tambashat, Osh;
pict. J. Koelstra
Stones like tadpoles suggesting that the stones are wriggling their way up to the top of the cliff.

We have found other weirdly shaped stones like:

Path: Home / Country List / Falling Rocks in depth / Rocks from Kyrgyzstan
e-mail: 
More roadsigns from Kyrgyzstan: Men at work - Children's Crossing Signs