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<< Text Pages >> Locarno Schalenstein - Rock Art in Switzerland in Tessin

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 3332

Rock ArtSite Name: Locarno Schalenstein
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 3.752 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Tessin Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Lugano  Nearest Village: Locarno
Latitude: 46.172260N  Longitude: 8.777750E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
2 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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Rounded stone measuring 3.2 Meters x 1.9 Meters x 1 Meter with numerous cupholes in hills north of Locarno.
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Re: Locarno Schalenstein by Megalithic89 on Thursday, 23 March 2023
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For more information on this stone: Swiss Inventory of Stone Monuments, http://www.ssdi.ch, in German, with photos:

Link to SSDI Object No. 6600.02
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Re: Locarno Schalenstein by Megalithic89 on Thursday, 03 December 2020
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46.17226N 8.77775E
Source: Urs Schwegler, Schalen- und Zeichensteine der Schweiz, Basel 1992. (Cup stones and character stones of Switzerland, Basle 1992)
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