Milovské Perničky, Rock formation natural monument in Křižánky, Czech Republic.
Milovské Perničky is a group of six rock towers, 8 to 28 metres high, made of migmatitic gneiss in the forest above České Křižánky. On the summit of Poradní skála, eight rock basins up to 87 cm across and 30 cm deep have formed by erosion. A viewpoint on top looks over the Svratka valley.
The six rock towers, up to 28 metres high, are made of migmatitic gneiss formed in the older Quaternary. The site is a natural monument covering 10.4 hectares, managed by the AOPK ČR regional office for the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area. No official protection date is given in the sources.
The name comes from the folk word "perničky", a diminutive of "pernice", the bowl with a roughened inner surface in which boiled poppy seeds were ground with a pestle. The eight rock basins on the summit, the largest 87 cm across and 30 cm deep, were named after these bowls because of their shape. Legends attributed them to human cult use, watchfires or grain crushing.
The site lies on the blue-marked trail from Křižánky via Čtyři palice, about 1 km west of České Křižánky. The summit viewpoint looks over the Svratka valley and the Žďárské vrchy ridges. The rock can be slippery when wet or icy.
The largest of the eight basins on Poradní skála measures 87 cm across and 30 cm deep. Legends claimed the hollows were made by people for cult purposes or for grinding grain, though erosion formed them.
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