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<< Our Photo Pages >> Punta des Baus - Ancient Village or Settlement in Spain in Balearic Isles (Mallorca / Majorca)

Submitted by Talaiotik on Monday, 08 July 2019  Page Views: 901

Multi-periodSite Name: Punta des Baus Alternative Name: Rafal des Porcs
Country: Spain Region: Balearic Isles (Mallorca / Majorca) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cala s'Almonia  Nearest Village: Santanyí
Latitude: 39.303330N  Longitude: 3.109360E
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.
5 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.
3 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
5

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Punta des Baus
Punta des Baus submitted by Talaiotik : Possible talaiot 2. Note the line of large stones at the right. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Balearic Isles (Mallorca / Majorca)

To reach this site is necessary to go by car to Cala s'Almonia and find a footpath south of the Town (south of a little creek that wears the same name). This footpath is a hiker's route that leads directly to the place known as Punta des Baus, where the site is. The beginning of the way is a bit difficult to find because it is obscured by a rockfall. It is necessary to walk on this footpath for around 1,5 km to find the first ruins. The site is open and accessible all year round with no restrictions, but the footpath is not very well conditioned. It is inside a very big property called Rafal des Porcs (Pigs's Shed) that has a lot of prehistoric archaeological sites.

The site itself is very close to a sea cliff, a very rare feature we can only find in a very few iron age settlements. Most of the prehistoric settlement at the Balearic Isles (Mallorca and Minorca) are located in flat inner lands suitable for agriculture.

The site is regularly preserved, but is ruined, abandoned and mostly covered by vegetation. There is one square talaiot (tower-like iron age monument) north of the site that is the best preserved structure. It preserves the corridor that once lead to the inner chamber, but today is obscured by the crumble of the facade over it. The inner chamber is relatively clean of debris and vegetation and the column is fully preserved, but fallen over towards its south wall. The structure is 2,5 meters high. South of the first talaiot there are several other structures.

100 meters to the south of the first talaiot there is a wall that encloses an area where no other remains are visible because of the dense vegetation that covers the entire area. The enclosure is rectangular but all the south east line is either lost or never made (there is a modern building close to it). The enclosure has an entrance approximately at the middle part of the south west wall, but only the cover slabs are visible due to the debris.

A mound made by little stones and soil south of the enclosure covers a wall made of big stones that might be the remains of another talaiot.
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Punta des Baus
Punta des Baus submitted by Talaiotik : Little remains of an absidial room outside of the enclosure, to the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Punta des Baus
Punta des Baus submitted by Talaiotik : Slabs covering the only clearly visible entrance to the enclosure at the western wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Punta des Baus
Punta des Baus submitted by Talaiotik : North section of the wall. Note the debris and vegetation covering the ruins. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Punta des Baus
Punta des Baus submitted by Talaiotik : Facade of the square talaiot, the inner chamber is exposed and the column and the slabs that once covered the corridor are visible. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Punta des Baus by Talaiotik on Monday, 08 July 2019
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[Thanks, that's up-dated now] Sorry, I made a mistake with the location. The actual coordinates are 39.30333 N, 3.10936 E.
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