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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Al Fazah standing stoneCountry: Yemen Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Village: Al Fazah
Latitude: 14.089005N Longitude: 43.111339E
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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Late neolithic standing stones on the cemetery of Al Fazah, Yemen. Three 3m tall standing stones and some lying stone pillars (one of them 8m long). There were probably further standing stones nearby.
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