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Multi-periodSite Name: Kestel Alternative Name: Göltepe
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 22.88 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Niğde  Nearest Village: Celaller
Latitude: 37.807444N  Longitude: 34.906518E
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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Ancient Mine in Niğde Province, Turkey

An early Bronze Age tin mine dating from 2500 BCE containing "a very large and long gallery complex exceeding 1.5 km". The people who mined the site lived at Göltepe, a hilltop settlement about 1km to the south of the mine.

More information at the TAY Project website Kestel and Göltepe pages.

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Kestel tin mine interim report by davidmorgan on Monday, 28 May 2012
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From Volume 12 of the Peak District Mines Historical Society bulletin - Kestel Tin Mine, Turkey: Interim Report 1995 by Lynn Willies
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