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<< Text Pages >> Castro de Grixalba - Castro or Chafurdão in Spain in Galicia

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castro de Grixalba
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 0.532 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Galicia Type: Castro or Chafurdão
Nearest Town: La Coruña  Nearest Village: Sobrado
Latitude: 43.040000N  Longitude: 8.029W
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
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Castro de Grixalba is a Castro in the community of Sobrado, Province of La Coruña, region of Galicia
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