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<< Text Pages >> Lewa Rock Gongs - Rock Art in Kenya

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Tuesday, 10 February 2015  Page Views: 2630

Rock ArtSite Name: Lewa Rock Gongs
Country: Kenya
NOTE: This site is 149.752 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Isiolo  Nearest Village: Lewa
Latitude: 0.241447N  Longitude: 37.492048E
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
2
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Some large stone slabs with many cup-marks on their surface. Today people use it as a music instrument. By beating it with a hammer it sounds like a gong.

There are also new discovered rock paintings nearby.
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