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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cosa. Alternative Name: Ruins of Cosa, Cosa Polygonal WallCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 12.053 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Toscana Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Orbetello Nearest Village: Ansedonia
Latitude: 42.412985N Longitude: 11.286646E
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 |
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Hillfort in Toscana
The Walls of Cosa are largely well preserved, (thanks) to its recent renovation. It's formed by shaped polygonal blocks of sandstone of considerable size, which have been regularized on the outer surface and mated with clean cuts at the junction points.
Along the walls were three doors, a postern (at the acropolis) and eighteen towers (of different style) on the sides exposed to the sea, of which fifteen rectangular section three circular. Each port appeared double, having been formed by an outside door with a time and a internal which was missing, separated by a central room of passage that was closed with shutters.
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