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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lampedusa - Ancient Village or Settlement in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)

Submitted by lithikos on Friday, 05 August 2011  Page Views: 4744

Multi-periodSite Name: Lampedusa
Country: Italy Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 35.513056N  Longitude: 12.566389E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
0No data.
3 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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Lampedusa
Lampedusa submitted by lithikos : Megalithic hut in the island of Lampedusa the extreme South point of Europe. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Sicily. Three megalithic huts remain, one stone circle, one large stone circle (56 meters diameter) one rectangular enclosure: the site is encircled by remains of a megalithic wall.

The local arid soil and scrubland make it difficult to recognise some of the limestone remains. There are several megalithic sites on the island of Lampedusa, this one is one of the most interesting. The European megalithic culture reached its most extreme South point in this tiny South Mediterranean island.
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Lampedusa
Lampedusa submitted by lithikos  : stone circle (8 meters diameter) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lampedusa
Lampedusa submitted by lithikos  : Stone circle probably a prehistoric hut (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Large stone circles on Lampedusa by Andy B on Monday, 16 February 2015
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Some of the most interesting megalithic structures that can be found on the island of Lampedusa are the remains of prehistoric circular ditches and henges. The poor conditions of the remains makes it difficult to recognize them: a trained eye, help from satellite imagery and computer graphics were needed to discover them.
No example of similar structures are reported anywhere else in the whole Mediterranean Sea while, on the contrary there are several in the continental Europe making those in Lampedusa something very interesting and unique.

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