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Natural PlacesSite Name: Wararam CaveCountry: Thailand
NOTE: This site is 31.97 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Ban Ta Khun
Latitude: 8.885522N Longitude: 98.667150E
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
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 |
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Wararam Cave Historical place is a limestone cave below the impressive cliff in the western part of the Surat Thani province of Thailand - region of exceptional geological rock formations. According an information board, the four-compartment cave was inhabited since the Neolithic Age.
Archaeological findings include polished tools from quartzite, spherical bracelets made of shells, animal bones and teeth and many others.
In recent centuries up to today, the caves are home to a natural Buddhist temple. This peaceful place has a great atmosphere.
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