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Multi-periodSite Name: Kehrsiten Alternative Name: Pfahlbausiedlung KehrsitenCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 3.465 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Nidwalden Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Lucerne Nearest Village: Kehrsiten
Latitude: 47.002206N Longitude: 8.366289E
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 |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Nidwalden
In 2011, Unesco recognised “Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps” as World Culture Heritage.
Kehrsiten is one of the 56 pile dwellings sites in Switzerland, out of 111 of the approximately 1000 known sites in six countries (Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria) .
It was inhabited between 4000 to 3000 BC.
The "pile dwellings" are prehistoric settlement remains in lakes and moors around the Alps. The prehistoric settlement remains provide a vivid insight into the formation and development of early agricultural societies around the Alps.
References:
whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363
palafittes.org
nidwalden.com
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