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<< Text Pages >> Santa Ana, San José - Carving in Costa Rica

Submitted by davidmorgan on Friday, 08 December 2017  Page Views: 1026

Multi-periodSite Name: Santa Ana, San José Alternative Name: Costa Rica Stone Spheres
Country: Costa Rica
NOTE: This site is 9.426 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Santa Ana
Latitude: 9.951450N  Longitude: 84.19305W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
4 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
4

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Three stone spheres outside the MATRA building in Santa Ana.

NOTE: The spheres have been moved. Possibly now outside the Legislative Assembly building.
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 12.0km E 100° Parque de la Merced Carving
 13.4km E 99° San José Legislative Assembly Carving
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Re: Santa Ana, San José by davidmorgan on Friday, 03 November 2023
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These stone spheres appear to have been moved. The large MATRA digger machinery outlet has totally disappeared, along with the balls.
There's a photo of them as they were on this website - www.monografias.com/trabajos910/herencia-cultural-aborigenes/herencia-cultural-aborigenes2
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