<< Text Pages >> Ranchiles - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Spain in AndalucÃa
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Ranchiles Alternative Name: Peña Sacra de RanchilesCountry: Spain
NOTE: This site is 2.8 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: AndalucÃa Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tarifa Nearest Village: El Lentiscal
Latitude: 36.094971N Longitude: 5.789041W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Carved sandstone outcrop in AndalucÃa
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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