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Multi-periodSite Name: Hagar Qim Alternative Name: Ħaġar QimCountry: Malta Island: Mainland Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Valletta Nearest Village: Qrendi
Latitude: 35.827710N Longitude: 14.442420E
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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htrismegistus visited on 1st Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5 These structures that are aligned with the sun and other stars make me wonder if they were made by survivors (Nephilim?) of an ancient catastrophe or flood, trying to rebuild a sense of time and a calendar. That is kind of what we would do if we lost all the technology to track time today.
emerald visited on 4th Nov 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Amazing site, now covered for protection. A visitors centre and the two temples. Strict security
Catrinm visited on 17th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 The tents take away something but still an incredible site
43559959 visited on 31st Dec 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 4
XIII visited on 1st Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
SolarMegalith visited on 21st Mar 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
MegalithJunkie saw from a distance
HChavez visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
sem Andy B DrewParsons myf lizh kelpie have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.86 Ambience: 3.71 Access: 4.17
Hagar Qim is a single temple unit but it is unclear as to whether it is a 5-apse or 4-apse category as the terminal apse or niche is replaced by a second doorway to the outside. It has a typical forecourt and façade with the larger corner orthostats notched to take the second of the horizontal courses above. The first pair of apses at the south-east are screened off with access to each only through a porthole slab. The apse on the left contains a replica of a free-standing altar. The apse on the right contains an arrangement of low orthostats, presumed to be an animal pen, and an oracle hole. The apse in the south-west has a high trilithon altar and three ‘tray-on-pillar’ altars. In the external wall the first orthostat behind the right hand corner of the façade is one of the largest stones in any temple. It is 6.4 metres long and estimated to weigh around 20 tonnes. On the west side of the wall is a slab facing outwards bearing the two pairs of ‘fat lady’ feet. It is not known whether this is a deliberate arrangement or if they were simply moved here after breaking. On the eastern side is an upright stone standing 4.5 metres high with a kerb round its foot to prevent outward slipping.
30 metres to the north are the remains of the left-hand half of another 5-apse temple. Between the two temples and a little to the west is an irregular group of megalithic blocks whose purpose and original structure are unknown.
Note: Views sought on five-year plan for Maltese megalithic temples, see comment
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