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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Eski-Kermen Alternative Name: Cave fortress - Эски-КерменCountry: Ukraine
NOTE: This site is 14.999 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Sevastopol Nearest Village: Ternovka
Latitude: 44.606305N Longitude: 33.738705E
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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All information about its history was obtained by archaeologists. There is no mention of it in written sources, although it was quite large, well fortified, and had an active trade. Its real name is also unknown. "Eski-Kermen" - later Tatar name, it means "old fortress".
All information about its history was obtained by archaeologists. There is no mention of it in written sources, although it was quite large, well fortified, and had an active trade. Its real name is also unknown. "Eski-Kermen" - later Tatar name, it means "old fortress".
Approximately the cave city appeared in the VI century
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