An
Hungarian intellectual Asbóth, János, wrote the following
about Cerničko Polje in
his travels through "Bosznia és a Hercegovina" during 1884 :-
"…..
To the west from the castle [=Grad Kljucs], two 3-m high and 3-m thick
walls emerge forming a natural defence for the formal stable and gardens.
Under these cliffs a bigger stream flows. This stream comes out at once
from the vertical wall of Baba and after six hundred footsteps disappears
in a sink hole....."
.....[English
Language Translation by Gergely Balázs,
Budapest.]
Image CPgk 2..(above-left)..Grad
Ključ was built into the karst geology. The left
and right extremities of the construction are actually bedrock limestone,
as in the historical view at the top.
Image CPgk 3..(above-right)..A
more detailed view of the right side of the "doorway" area better
indicates how the construction was incorporated into the bedrock limestone.
(Photo : Hungarian
Team, 12 August 2006.)
Image CPgk 4..(above-left)..A
panoramic view from Grad Ključ, looking eastwards
across Cerničko Polje to R. Crna Gora beyond.
On the small plateau in the foreground just below Grad Ključ
are indications of more modern habitation.
Image CPgk 5..(above-right)..A
panoramic view from Grad Ključ, looking westwards
across Cerničko Polje.
In the middle distance can be seen the streambed of the Ključka Rijeka
and the ponor-approach canyon below the bend in the cross-polje track.
(Photos : Hungarian
Team, 12 August 2006.)
Image CPgk 6..(above-centre)..A
view through the "doorway" area from the inside looking out, again indicates
the constructional intimacy with the bedrock limestone.
Images CPgk 7. and
8..(above-centre
and right)..The
ruins of the once imposing outer walls of Grad Ključ,
from below.
(Photos : Hungarian
Team, 12 August 2006.)
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