Pamma: Protected Area, Fortress and Stone Grave

The Pamma maastikukaitseala covers an area in the villages of Pamma and Purtsa. It protects and showcases Pamma maalinn. This means that two levels must be distinguished when finding your bearings: a landscape protection area with rules for staying there, and a specifically designated cultural monument. The place name Pamma therefore refers not only to a location to search for accommodation, but also leads to an area with landscape and cultural-historical significance.

People are allowed to stay throughout the entire Pamma maastikukaitseala. You therefore do not have to limit your stay to a single section of the area. Gathering berries, mushrooms, and other non-timber forest products is likewise permitted throughout the entire area.

A clear restriction applies to camping and lighting fires. Both are permitted in the Pamma maastikukaitseala only at a designated, prepared, and signposted location. This location was established with the consent of the protected-area administration. When planning your trip, it is therefore important to distinguish between general stays and spending the night in a tent or making a fire: permission to stay applies throughout the area, whereas permission for tents and fires does not apply equally everywhere.

“Salokuusik” is also known by the name “Käiakuusik”. The stone grave “Salokuusik” is located in the village of Pamma. The second name can be helpful when searching for information because both names refer to the same designated stone grave. Pamma maalinn is another documented cultural monument. The fortress is listed as an archaeological monument under registration number 12473 in the national register of cultural monuments.

The Kooljamäed nature reserve is linked to the Pamma maastikukaitseala. For your geographical orientation, you should understand this information as a designated connection between the two protected areas, not automatically as a statement that they have an identical area or a shared boundary. The connection is named; no further spatial extent is established by it.

When choosing a hotel or other accommodation in Pamma, you should consider the specific address of the respective property separately from the protected-area information. The rules of the Pamma maastikukaitseala describe the use of the area, not automatically the location, amenities, or distance of any individual accommodation. For a broader destination comparison, you can also visit Koguva, Kuressaare, Mustjala, Haapsu, Raugi, Orissaare, Kõõru, and Metsaääre. This keeps the choice of where to stay separate from the question of which landscape and cultural sites you would like to see in Pamma.

What registration number does Pamma maalinn have?

12473.

Where are camping and fires permitted?

Only at the prepared and signposted location.

What spatial relationship exists between Kooljamäed and the Pamma maastikukaitseala?

The designated connection establishes neither an identical area nor a shared boundary.

For the higher-level travel overview: Saaremaa.