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<< Text Pages >> Ranchiles - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Spain in Andalucía

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Ranchiles Alternative Name: Peña Sacra de Ranchiles
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 2.8 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Andalucía Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tarifa  Nearest Village: El Lentiscal
Latitude: 36.094971N  Longitude: 5.789041W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
5

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Carved sandstone outcrop in Andalucía

Not accessible, military terrain
Peña Sacra de Ranchiles (Spanish).

Also see Wikipedia, the first paragraph of which translates to "(this site) is a sandstone outcrop of approximately 16 x 12 metres in size and 4 metres high, in which was carved a spiral route, consisting of stairs and flattened areas, which ascends in the opposite direction to the clock spires to the top of The Rock."
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