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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Claro sito preistorico Alternative Name: Claro Neolithic structureCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 10.953 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Tessin Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bellinzona Nearest Village: Claro
Latitude: 46.258350N Longitude: 9.018910E
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Tessin
In Bellinzona-Claro, structures belonging to a prehistoric place of worship from the Neolithic (2,500-2,300 BC) and the Iron Age (ca. 500 BC) have come to light. The Neolithic structure is composed of at least five megaliths (large stones erected vertically similar to menhirs) and other smaller blocks coming partly from quarries in the vicinity, sketched and with traces of working. During the Iron Age the megaliths were covered and reused for the construction of a new place of worship perhaps for burial purposes.
References:
1) The above-mentioned text is translated from the article in the news portal “LaRegione.ch”, 13.06.2019, Link to this article:
Eccezionale scoperta archeologica a Claro: spuntano i menhir | laRegione.ch (Exceptional archaeological discovery at Claro: Menhirs turn up)
2) Swiss Stone Monuments Inventory, Object No. 6702.09
Link to www.ssdi.ch
In this inventory, the type of site is Menhirs.
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