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Multi-periodSite Name: Torchesk
Country: Ukraine
NOTE: This site is 50.641 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Rokytne Nearest Village: Olshanytsia
Latitude: 49.684410N Longitude: 30.638790E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

no data Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

no data Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Ukraine

Torchesk was a town established by the Turkic tribe of Torks under the Kyivan Rus'. It was ruined by the Cumans in 1093 and rebuilt in the 12th century, to be ruined again in the 13th century by the Mongols. The hillfort survived from the Rus' period.

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