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<< Text Pages >> Al Fazah standing stone - Standing Stones in Yemen

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Thursday, 26 July 2012  Page Views: 2717

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Al Fazah standing stone
Country: Yemen Type: Standing Stones
 Nearest Village: Al Fazah
Latitude: 14.089005N  Longitude: 43.111339E
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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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. For more information: This is a link
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