Sacred stone, spring or grove
Rosma cross forest, Rosma
Rosma ristimets, Rosma
Along the road at Rosma near Põlva grew a large cross forest, the Ristipalo, where a cross was cut into a pine for each person carried past on the way to burial, so that the dead would not find their way back home. Surveyors counted 235 cross trees here. Then, during road reconstruction in 2006, about half of them were felled. Archaeologists recorded the loss during their 2012–2013 surveys; the surviving half of the cross forest still stands by the road.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Põlva lähedal Rosma tee ääres kasvas suur ristimets, Ristipalo, kus iga kalmistule viidava surnu jaoks lõigati männi koorde rist, et surnu ei leiaks teed tagasi koju. Inventeerijad loendasid siin 235 ristipuud. 2006. aasta teeremondi käigus raiuti aga umbes pooled neist maha. Arheoloogid märkisid kaotuse üles 2012.–2013. aasta välitöödel; ristimetsa allesjäänud pool seisab endiselt tee ääres.