The stones were brought to this country by continental glaciers from what is now Sweden, Finland and Karelia, and the islands of the Baltic Sea. The pieces of crystalline rock, detached from the giant masses, were originally sharp-edged, but as they travelled with the glaciers, they became considerably duller and sleeker. Many of the stones have become rounded with frequent use and are therefore called boulders. 

The grey stones of the fields were nicknamed 'devil's seeds' by farmers because they interfered with cultivation and damaged tools. The smaller stones were loaded into carts and taken to the edges of the ploughland for building, while the larger ones were left behind. 

The Linartai stone lies on a high hillside. It is 3.6 metres long, 2.8 metres wide and 1.7 metres high. Part of this huge boulder is burnt into the ground. The stone is composed predominantly of fine-grained granite. The ferns' spore-forming plants, the ferns, grow close to and even on the stone. 

The stone has been declared a state protected natural heritage site.