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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Il-Hagra tad-DawwaraCountry: Malta Island: Gozo Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Victoria Nearest Village: Kercem
Latitude: 36.042000N Longitude: 14.230000E
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 Gozo.
On the southwestern outskirts of Victoria in Gozo this dressed block of limestone is 4.5 metres high with an approximate square cross-section measuring .64 metres by .61 metres. It was found in 1935 lying under 2.7 metres of soil and over a cobbled floor about 300 square metres in area. No proper excavation has been carried out and its purpose and antiquity are not known.
Position of the site unknown, co-ordinates given for the nearest village.
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