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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Merheleva Ridge Alternative Name: Мергелева грядаCountry: Ukraine
NOTE: This site is 55.559 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Luhansk
Latitude: 48.404250N Longitude: 38.940440E
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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Four Early Bronze Age stone mounds dated to around 3000 BCE. Discovered in 2004.
But the claim that there is evidence of pyramids is being disputed. The prestigious Academy of Sciences has sent its own expert to the dig.
It believes that this could be the Ukrainian version of Stonehenge. [Oh no, here we go again... - Ed]
More: BBC News
Note: 'Pyramids' discovered in Ukraine
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