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Submitted by enkidu41 on Friday, 15 October 2004  Page Views: 6962

Multi-periodSite Name: Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts Alternative Name: Ta'Rdum Cart Ruts, Tal-Qala Cart Ruts
Country: Malta Island: Gozo Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Victoria  Nearest Village: Qala
Latitude: 36.031349N  Longitude: 14.329110E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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mona visited on 11th Oct 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2 The cart ruts are called Ta'Rdum Cart Ruts.

Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts
Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts submitted by enkidu41 : The enigmatic Cart Ruts of Malta. These are at Is-Sidra on Ras il-Qala. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cart Ruts in Gozo. On the headland near Qala on the eastern tip of Gozo this single pair of cart ruts runs for more than 150 metres.
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Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts
Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts submitted by enkidu41 : The western end of the cart ruts. A modern field wall has been built alongside showing an untypical Maltese concern for antiquities! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts
Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts submitted by enkidu41 : A right turn over the edge of the cliff! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Ras il-Qala Cart Ruts by ModernExplorers on Sunday, 26 March 2017
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