<< Text Pages >> Scaloria Cavern - Cave or Rock Shelter in Italy in Puglia
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Scaloria Cavern Alternative Name: Grotta ScaloriaCountry: 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:
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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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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