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<< Text Pages >> Cista de Taraio - Cist in Spain in Galicia

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cista de Taraio
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 1.957 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Galicia Type: Cist

Latitude: 43.365657N  Longitude: 8.387318W
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:
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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
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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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Cist in Galicia

This cist was found in agricultural work on a near property (Cerqueda, Malpica). It was donated by Manuel Hill Taraio of the Archaeological Museum of San Antonio, in Corunna. The cist reaches 1 meter and ten centimeters long and 95 wide. It is a Bronze Age grave, around 1600 BC. The cist has a capstone that exceeds the size of the chamber with measures 175 centimeters wide by 112 supported by five pillars.

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