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Submitted by Martin_L on Monday, 20 September 2010 Page Views: 3784
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tomba del Diavolino 2Country: Italy Region: Toscana Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Grosseto Nearest Village: Vetulonia
Latitude: 42.875648N Longitude: 10.994214E
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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Possibly it depicts Charon.
The tomb is rather impressive. The cairns' diameter is 80m. A 40m long passage (dromos) the last 15m of which are roofed leads into a square chamber with a height of 15m.
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