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Rock ArtSite Name: Bòsc di SàssCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 15.387 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Latitude: 45.753011N Longitude: 8.800553E
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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Three erratic boulders bearing cup marks and non figurative incisions were found.
Two of the boulders were situated at Bòsc di Sàss (toponym derived from the great abundance of cobbles on the ground), at circa 330m a.s.l. in a wooded area not far from the Arno torrent. The first boulder has an elongated form (3 × 5.50m) with “double slope” with the longest side orientated on a NW-SE alignment. It is formed by a more consistent nucleus and by a slab-like part which has an artificial hollow in a central position.
The incisions form a large linear-geometric image on the east side, which looks roughly like a cross flanked by a transverse groove. The second boulder is oval (1.20m x 0.60m) and stands at circa 25m NE of the first, on a slope facing towards the Arno torrent. It has two small cup marks (diam. 2cm, depth 0.5-0.8cm).
The third boulder is situated at the boundary between the territory of Castronno (locality of S. Alessandro) with that of Sumirago (locality of Caidate), along a mule track which crosses a small water course nearby. It is sub-circular in shape, with the main axis on an E-W alignment (0.85 × 0.60m), and has a single cup mark (diam. 4cm; max. depth 1.5cm)
Source: https://www.fastionline.org/excavation/micro_view.php?fst_cd=AIAC_883&curcol=sea_cd-AIAC_1000
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