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<< Text Pages >> Valkenburg Flint Mine - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Netherlands

Submitted by jopplanje on Monday, 11 March 2013  Page Views: 3007

Multi-periodSite Name: Valkenburg Flint Mine Alternative Name: Vuursteenmijn van Valkenburg
Country: Netherlands
NOTE: This site is 3.341 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Maastricht  Nearest Village: Valkenburg a/d Geul
Latitude: 50.865480N  Longitude: 5.823470E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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
5

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Ancient Mine in the Netherlands

Remains of 7 pits of an ancient flint mine. The location is at the Plenkertstraat in Valkenburg, near the open air theatre and the Roman Catacombes (replica). More information on: megalieten.planje.info and vuursteenmijnen.nl.
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Re: Valkenburg Flint Mine by Alta-Falisa on Monday, 11 August 2014
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Some info (in Dutch) :
http://www.vuursteenmijnen.nl/valkenburg/
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