<< Our Photo Pages >> Cocev Kamen - Cave or Rock Shelter in North Macedonia
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Cocev Kamen Alternative Name: Tsote’s Stone, Tsotsev KamenCountry: North Macedonia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Kratovo Nearest Village: Sopsko Rudare
Latitude: 42.264716N Longitude: 21.954105E
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 the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Cocev Kamen is a hilltop cave site, believed to have been used as a prehistoric observatory or temple for perhaps sacrificial rituals and which is decorated with rock art.
There were two rows of rock seats engraved under the cave, which joined by the platform formed what looks like an early theater. Bones discovered near the cave indicate the it was used in the Paleolithic. There is a further smaller natural cave above the paleolithic cave that was used the Bronze Age for apparent spirituals activities.
Note: NASA say Cocev Kamen is ancient observatory, local archaeologists disagree
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