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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kordin III - Ancient Temple in Malta in Mainland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Thursday, 25 November 2004  Page Views: 13804

Multi-periodSite Name: Kordin III
Country: Malta Island: Mainland Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Valletta  Nearest Village: Kordin
Latitude: 35.877100N  Longitude: 14.509100E
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.
2 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.
2 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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Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by enkidu41 : Shot from the south-east of the curving facade, entrance to the central court and paved forecourt in front. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Temple in Malta. On the Kordin Heights immediately above Grand Harbour once stood 3 temples. The first has disappeared under an industrial estate whilst what scant remains there are of the second are in a restricted area. Only Kordin III survives despite suffering a direct bomb hit in World War II.

The temple, in a very ruinous condition, is of the standard Ggantija phase 3-apse design. It is the only temple whose forecourt, in front of the concave facade, is stone paved as is the entrance passage leading to the central court. Behind the temple and contemporary with it are small rooms possibly used for storerooms or the like, or even an irregular lobed minor temple. The most notable feature on the site is the 2.75 metre long 'trough' lying across the entrance to the left apse. It has seven deep transverse grooves produced by grinding. It is made of hard limestone brought from over 2 kilometres away so it is highly probable that it is for for grinding corn (a multiple quern) and contemporary with the temple rather than for grinding 'deffun', the traditional Maltese roofing material, which would make it considerably more recent.
The site is in a walled enclosure next to the Church and is kept locked.
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Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by enkidu41 : Rear view of the entrance from the central court area. Note the blocking sill stones between the entrance pillars. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of one of the temples before the bombs, from "Journal of British Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Mainland Malta (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kordin III submitted by enkidu41 : The multiple quern. (Acknowledgements to Nicholas C. Vella) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the temple, from "Realm of the Great Goddess" via archive.org Site in Mainland Malta. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of one of the temples before the bombs, from "Journal of British Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Mainland Malta (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by enkidu41 : View of the rear from the north. Note the juxtaposition of religions old and new!

Kordin III
Kordin III submitted by enkidu41 : Close-up of the entrance. Notice the sill stones between the pillars just behind the fallen stone.

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