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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave - Chambered Tomb in Malta in Gozo

Submitted by enkidu41 on Sunday, 24 October 2004  Page Views: 7516

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Country: Malta Island: Gozo Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Valletta  Nearest Village: Sannat
Latitude: 36.021900N  Longitude: 14.255780E
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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
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Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by enkidu41 : The northern row from the north-west. In the top left of the shot is the Id-Dura tax-Xaghra l-Kbira dolmen. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This possible Gallery Gave in Gozo on the Ta’ Cenc plateau stands close to and west of the Id-Dura tax-Xaghra l-Kbira dolmen. It consists of two parallel lines each about 30' long and 13' apart each comprised of 3 rectangular-shaped upright slabs all of which are about 5' long by 2'6" high and 2' thick. There also appears to be two fallen roofing slabs on the northern wall. The triangular western-most roofing stone measures 8’ x 7’ x 6’ and is 20” thick. The other roofing stone is around 4’ square with a thickness of 16”.

The structure is strongly reminiscent of the gallery graves on Sardinia and south-east Italy. Although unique to the Maltese islands the possibility is certainly plausible as the first settlers in the early Neolithic came over the sea from Sicily 80 miles away .
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Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by KaiHofmann : Menhir close to the Dolmens. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by KaiHofmann : dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by KaiHofmann : Dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by KaiHofmann : view to the dolmens. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by KaiHofmann

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by KaiHofmann : Dolmen

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by enkidu41 : The southern row viewed from the north.

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by enkidu41 : The northern row from the south with the two roofing stones visible. In the rearground visible above the second roofing stone is the Id-Dura tax-Xaghra l-Kbira dolmen.

Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave
Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave submitted by enkidu41 : The three stones of the southern row and, to the left of the shot, the head of the northern row with the western-most roofing slab.

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 17m S 183° Id-Dura tal-Mara* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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Re: Ta' Cenc Gallery Grave by Anonymous on Saturday, 10 March 2012
Here you wrote the Gallery Gave stands close to and west of the Id-Dura tax-Xaghra l-Kbira dolmen,you are right but on the pictues of Id-Dura tax-Xaghra l-Kbira you wrote Id-Dura tal-Mara instead.
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