<< Text Pages >> Cahal Pech - Ancient Village or Settlement in Belize
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Multi-periodSite Name: Cahal Pech Alternative Name: Place of the TicksCountry: Belize Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: San Ignacio
Latitude: 17.146000N Longitude: 89.074W
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: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Ruins of Maya city of Cahal Pech are located not far from San Ignacio in Belize. The site consists of over 30 structures, dated mostly for Pre-Classic and Classic period, however traces of first settlement are dated for 2nd millennium BC. The most significant structures are 25 m high pyramid and a ball-court.
Near the site there's a small museum.
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