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<< Text Pages >> Sasso della Predescia - Rock Art in Switzerland in Tessin

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 8353

Rock ArtSite Name: Sasso della Predescia
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 14.161 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Tessin Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Lugano  Nearest Village: Gandria
Latitude: 46.003520N  Longitude: 8.991370E
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
4 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.
5 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
no data

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Cuphole stone in Tessin


Large cliff on lake Lugano with 82 cup hole stones and other markings along Percorso Didattico scenic path, along with at least 6 other cup hole stones.
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Re: Sasso della Predescia by Megalithic89 on Saturday, 14 August 2021
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Position 46.01328N 9.01082E Visit report on Swiss Inventory of Archaeological Stones, Object No. 6978.01 http://www.ssdi.ch/Inventar/TI/6978.01.pdf Written in German, but with splendid photos.
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