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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wied Znuber - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Malta in Mainland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Wednesday, 20 October 2004  Page Views: 8261

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wied Znuber
Country: Malta Island: Mainland Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Valletta  Nearest Village: Birzebbuga
Latitude: 35.811314N  Longitude: 14.510728E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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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Wied Znuber
Wied Znuber submitted by enkidu41 : View from the east looking at a long edge of the capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Malta. This dolmen is on the west of the headland of the rocky ravine of the same name, south of the former airfield of Hal Far which is now a factory site. It consists of a capstone measuring 3.8 metres by 1.6 metres.

On the capstone's upper surface is a recess measuring 1.06 metres by 0.66 metres and 5 cms deep. There are also six hollows, one at each corner, and one at the edge in the middle of each long side. These may be contemporary as they appear on other dolmens but they often have also been made into the tops of tall stones and elsewhere to attract birds to rain water collected there and so may be of much more recent times. Below the capstone the live rock has been hollowed out to make a chamber up to 0.7 metres high, on each side of which is a 30 cm high block supporting the capstone.
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Wied Znuber
Wied Znuber submitted by SolarMegalith : Wied Żnuber dolmen in a photograph from 1914. The photo is exposed in the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wied Znuber
Wied Znuber submitted by ShamrockStone : Wied Znuber (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wied Znuber
Wied Znuber submitted by enkidu41 : View from the north-east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wied Znuber
Wied Znuber submitted by enkidu41 : The surface of the capstone showing the recess and hollows. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wied Znuber
Wied Znuber submitted by enkidu41 : Close-up showing the hollowed out chamber beneath the capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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