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<< Text Pages >> Nyero Rockpaintings - Rock Art in Uganda

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 29 January 2015  Page Views: 1692

Rock ArtSite Name: Nyero Rockpaintings
Country: Uganda
NOTE: This site is 207.727 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Kumi
Latitude: 1.476554N  Longitude: 33.847328E
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
no data 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.
no data 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
3
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Prehistoric geometric rock paintings spread over six rock shelters. The site is one of the most important rock art in Uganda. It lies 8km west of Kumi town.
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The sun with the moon going round
Picture of a canoe
Area of boulders which contain the Nyero rock paintings
An Engraved Sun
A Painted Sun
Three Circles

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