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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gruta da Furninha - Cave or Rock Shelter in Portugal in Leiria

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 26 December 2011  Page Views: 4756

Natural PlacesSite Name: Gruta da Furninha
Country: 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:
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
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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no data 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
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Gruta da Furninha
Gruta da Furninha submitted by durhamnature : Decorated slate from Furninha, from "Civilisation Neolithique dans la Peninsula Iberian" via archive.org Site in Central Portugal Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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