There is information about Antakmenė rock in written sources from the 19th century. 1842 information about the Antakmene Sacrificial Stone (calling it the Altar Stone) was provided by Eustachijus Tiškevičius, and the painter Napoleon Orda, after visiting it, around 1875. included the stone drawing in the album of historical images of Poland and noted in the appendix that this rock made of small stones (that's what the stone looks like at first glance), called the Stone of Victims, is one of the oldest pagan monuments in Lithuania.
According to reports, sacrifices have been burned on the Antakmenė stone since ancient times. By the 20th century In the Middle Ages, people used to put sacrificial food, linen, and money into the hollow of the stone. Pilgrims especially visited the Tombstone on the 10th Friday after Easter.
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