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<< Text Pages >> Bòsc di Sàss - Rock Art in Italy

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 01 February 2023  Page Views: 458

Rock ArtSite Name: Bòsc di Sàss
Country: Italy Type: Rock Art

Latitude: 45.753011N  Longitude: 8.800553E
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
5
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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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