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<< Text Pages >> Al-Khutm Tower - Stone Fort or Dun in Oman

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Multi-periodSite Name: Al-Khutm Tower
Country: Oman
NOTE: This site is 254.713 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Latitude: 23.275000N  Longitude: 56.728000E
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
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Stone Fort or Dun in

3rd Milenium BCE 20 Meter diameter Stone tower 2 Km West of Bat, of the Magan Kingdom, now Oman, which traded Copper and Diorite with the Sumerians. Now Unesco World Heritage Site.
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White Tower ii Bat Archaeological Park
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White Tower ii Bat Archaeological Park
White Tower ii Bat Archaeological Park

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