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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kalecik StonesCountry: Turkey Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Van Nearest Village: Kalecik
Latitude: 38.555613N Longitude: 43.351830E
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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Standing Stones in Van Province, Turkey. The stone hoops and obelisks, which are in 1.5 km north-east of Kalecik village, near Van, and which belong to the Urartu period.
Work continues to solve the mystery of the 2,475 stones, which are believed to be related with astronomy, and which were arranged into a 400 square meters area.
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