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<< Text Pages >> Scaloria Cavern - Cave or Rock Shelter in Italy in Puglia

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 08 September 2016  Page Views: 1228

Natural PlacesSite Name: Scaloria Cavern Alternative Name: Grotta Scaloria
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 1.185 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Puglia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Manfredonia
Latitude: 41.640333N  Longitude: 15.905916E
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.
no data 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.
5 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
4

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Cave or Rock Shelter in Puglia

The small cave was probably used as a water sanctuary and burial site 7000 years ago. Archaeologists found bones which were defleshed before they were buried. They also found vessels and vases which were collecting the droping water inside the cave.
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