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<< Our Photo Pages >> Covalanas - Cave or Rock Shelter in Spain in Cantabria

Submitted by coldrum on Saturday, 11 July 2009  Page Views: 3319

Natural PlacesSite Name: Covalanas
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 11.7 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Cantabria Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Ramales de la Victor
Latitude: 43.258889N  Longitude: 3.463889W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
1
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Covalanas
Covalanas submitted by durhamnature : Group of deer painted in red, from "Art of the Stone Age" via archive.org Site in Cantabria Spain (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Cantabria

Cave with rock art in Spain.

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Covalanas
Covalanas submitted by durhamnature : Deer or Antelope drawn in the dot-outline style- see also the Bear at La Pasiega, from "Prehistoric Puzzle.." via archive.org Site in Cantabria Spain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Covalanas
Covalanas submitted by durhamnature : Three deer in the "punctuation" style, from "Prehistory" by Miles Crawford Burkitt, 1921, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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