Budačina, Natural monument in Halenkovice, Czech Republic.
Budačina is a natural monument in the Kudlovická Valley near Halenkovice, made up of four large Pleistocene sandstone outcrops. The largest, Velká skála, rises about 12 metres and is some 15 metres long at its base; the site also holds a 5-metre fissure cave and an abandoned sandstone quarry.
Budačina was declared a natural monument to protect a geological and historical site of four Pleistocene sandstone rocks, a 5-metre fissure cave and an abandoned sandstone quarry at their foot. The rocks lie at 315–375 m on a ridge rising toward Krásná hora (389 m) at the end of the Kudlovická Valley. The monument is part of the Chřiby Site of Community Importance and is managed by the Zlín Region authority.
The name Šerifka, given to the spring on the site, recalls Josef Sklenařík of Halenkovice, once the sheriff of the local tramp settlement. Local legends say the fissure cave in the rocks sheltered the robbers Ondráš and Juráš, who ambushed merchants on the nearby path.
The site is accessible via marked trails leading from nearby roads with several viewpoints along the way. Sturdy footwear is recommended as the paths are uneven and sometimes steep.
The rocks are sandstone, not limestone: four Pleistocene outcrops of steeply tilted layers up to 4 m thick. The largest, Velká skála, rises about 12 m and is roughly 15 m long at its base; wind erosion has cut honeycomb hollows into its northern face.
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