<< Our Photo Pages >> Monte da Gurita Petroglifo - Rock Art in Spain in Galicia
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Rock ArtSite Name: Monte da Gurita Petroglifo Alternative Name: Gurita 1Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 0.427 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Galicia Type: Rock Art
Latitude: 42.701530N Longitude: 9.01288W
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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It has been suggested that this connection is deliberate and meaningful and that other circular motifs carved alongside deer have a “solar significance”.
Page originally by Holger Rix.
Note: Carving the Sky: Rock Art and the Stars, and more from The Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, which features lots of other Open Access articles on rock art around the world, more in the comments
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