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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cernica Neolithic TombsCountry: Romania
NOTE: This site is 22.89 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Bucharest Nearest Village: Caldararu
Latitude: 44.416667N Longitude: 26.266667E
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 |
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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 |
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mfrincu visited on 20th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The place is on the shores of the Cernica lake. I found it by following a 1km dirt road. Park the car at the last house and follow the dirt road heading towards the lake. Turn left where it splits and keep looking for the cross on the right. Even if you miss it you are in the right place as the burial place covered the entire area.
The orientation of the skeletons was studied and found to be aligned with the sunrise. 96 percent of the skeletons were aligned at an azimuth between the winter and summer solstices.
The tombs were discovered in the 60s and are about 6000 years old. A cross is the only sign of this ancient burial place.
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