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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lothagam Pillar siteCountry: Kenya
NOTE: This site is 26.546 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Lodwar
Latitude: 2.929426N Longitude: 36.056152E
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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A group of ancient stone pillars (standing stones) lying south of Lake Turkana. Cairns, collared platforms and curbed platforms are lying nearby.
Some prehistoric ceramics has been found there.
for more information see:
http://www.chaz.org/Arch/Turkana/Lothagam/Lothagam.html
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