<< Our Photo Pages >> Gruta da Furninha - Cave or Rock Shelter in Portugal in Leiria
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Gruta da FurninhaCountry: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 11.416 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Leiria Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Peniche
Latitude: 39.356000N Longitude: 9.401W
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 |
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Cave at the coastal rocks on the Peniche peninsula. Many artefacts from Palaeolithic to Neolithic/Copper Age times have been found. Probably a Neolithic burial site.
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