<< Text Pages >> Altun Ha - Ancient Village or Settlement in Belize
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Multi-periodSite Name: Altun HaCountry: Belize
NOTE: This site is 33.869 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Belize City Nearest Village: Rockstone Pond
Latitude: 17.763400N Longitude: 88.34656W
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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Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1992 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Ruins of Altun Ha are located west from village of Rockstone Pond, near the Northern Highway leading through North Belize. Most of the buildings were constructed in Classic Period (200 - 900 AC). The site includes about 500 structures, mainly pyramids, residential buildings and tombs.
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