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<< Image Pages >> Hesbon - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Jordan

Submitted by enkidu41 on Thursday, 20 January 2005  Page Views: 9847

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hesbon Alternative Name: Heshbon, al Kurmiyeh
Country: Jordan
NOTE: This site is 2.217 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Hesbon  Nearest Village: Hesbon
Latitude: 31.818611N  Longitude: 35.798889E
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:
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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
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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
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Hesbon submitted by durhamnature : Old photo of one of the 'cromlechs', from "History of Egypt..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Region in Jordan. The region is located on the slopes north/west of the mount west of Hesbon, called al Kurmiyeh. Of over two dozen dolmens formerly described there are now only a very few. Destruction of the rest has been mainly due to the establishment of olive plantations.

There is a cairn on top of the al Kurmiyeh hill, a circle and double circles of smaller unhewn stones, some small menhirs and a good number of round holes (cup-hollows) 1 to 2 feet in diameter. There are also two rock-cut chambers and a possible wine press comprising a square basin, about 20 cm deep, with a connecting channel to a second, lower and smaller basin.

Note: With acknowledgements to H. G. Scheltema 2004
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Hesbon submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of one of the dolmens, from "Der Orient Und Europa" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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