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DigsSite Name: Gunung PadangCountry: Indonesia Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Cianjur Nearest Village: Karyamukti
Latitude: 6.995S Longitude: 107.057000E
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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baz visited on 1st Oct 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5
From Wikipedia: Located at 885 metres above sea level, the site covers a hill in a series of terraces bordered by retaining walls of stone that are accessed by successive steps (about 400 andesit steps = 95 metres). It is covered with massive rectangular stones of volcanic origin. Local people consider the place as sacred and believe the site as a result of King Siliwangi attempt to build a palace in one night. The asymmetric Punden Berundak is facing up to northwest, to Mount Gede, meaned constructed for the purpose of worship and built in a position that has been noticed geomantic and astromantic factors. Based on megalith shape the site is built in 1500 years BC.
Rather outlandish claims in the Indonesian press but the site is confirmed as thousands (but not tens of thousands of years) old. Read more at Wikipedia
Note: The controversial paper that dated Indonesia’s Gunung Padang site to 25,000 years old has been retracted - not suppressed - it is still available to read. More in the comments
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