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<< Our Photo Pages >> Xemxija Temple (2) - Ancient Temple in Malta in Mainland

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 10 April 2013  Page Views: 6615

Multi-periodSite Name: Xemxija Temple (2)
Country: Malta Island: Mainland Type: Ancient Temple

Latitude: 35.949497N  Longitude: 14.380309E
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
 2 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.
 3 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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Xemxija Temple (2)
Xemxija Temple (2) submitted by SolarMegalith : These two stone blocks might be remains of a megalithic temple (photo taken on March 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Mainland

Another possible site of a megalithic temple from Temple Period (3600 - 2500 BC) near Xemxija is located on a ridge, SW of Xemxija tombs. Only a large horizontal slab and a standing stone survive (both incorporated into a field boundary), but David Trump interprets it as possible remains of a structure.

Reference:
Trump, D. 2002. "Malta: Prehistory and Temples". Malta: Midsea Books Ltd.
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Xemxija Temple (2)
Xemxija Temple (2) submitted by mona : Xemxija Temple remains (Vote or comment on this photo)

Xemxija Temple (2)
Xemxija Temple (2) submitted by mona (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 75m E 87° Xemxija Silo* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 79m NE 35° Xemxija Caves* Cave or Rock Shelter
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Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by mona on Friday, 28 October 2016
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35.949478 14.380308
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Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by SolarMegalith on Thursday, 25 April 2013
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I have checked it out in Trump's book "Malta: Prehistory and Temples" - as I said, these two megaliths which I have photographed are the same ones as on a photo in the book. Description of the photo says: "Megaliths on the ridge SW of Xemxija tombs may once have formed part of a temple or temple-like structure. The site is too ruinous to be sure".
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Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by Anonymous on Friday, 19 April 2013
If you enter this site of Flash Earth it is more detailed then Google Earth.
These are the coordinates of the two megaliths Latitude 35* 56` 58,1” N Longitude 14* 22` 49,1” E
These are the coordinates of the Temple ……….. Latitude 35* 56` 56,6” N Longitude 14* 22` 45,8” E
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Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by SolarMegalith on Friday, 19 April 2013
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Thank you very much for your comments and details about Xemxija sites. The edition of the book with the photo of these two megaliths is from 2003 https://www.midseabooks.com/publications_detail.aspx?pid=11450. As far as I remember Trump has written about "few megaliths on the ridge SW of Xemxija tombs" illustrating it with a photo of these two megaliths I took photo of. He also wrote that it is not possible to say anything about possible plan of a temple, nothing about remains of the apses which are visible in the temple you describe. Maybe these two megaliths could come from the temple in a tree grove?
One more question, as I have visited the site in a tree grove when it was completely dark (I remember there was a drystone hut-like feature near it) - are these photos of the same site here: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10696? As you can see on our map it is placed north of Mistra, but the contributor marked the accuracy as "2" (very poor), so I think it is the same one and needs to be re-located on the map.
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Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by Anonymous on Friday, 19 April 2013
Dear Solermegalith, very beautiful pictures. This picture does not depict the Xemxija Temple but just a opening in the wall which had been restored some year ago . Finding these two magaliths near this place could have been convenient to used them . The Xemxija Temple is some 100 metres West South West from this wall opening just inside the tree grove.
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    Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by SolarMegalith on Friday, 19 April 2013
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    These two megaliths are on a photograph in David Trump's book "Malta: Prehistory and Temples" and described as possible site of a temple. So if it's a mistake, it looks like it is in the publication I have mentioned, unless I have misidentified the site (but on Trump's photograph there were definitely no trees, I'm quite convinced these are the same stones). Currently I do not have access to the book, I will double check it as soon as I can. I am aware of another temple site in the nearby, that is why I gave this one number 2.
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      Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by Anonymous on Friday, 19 April 2013
      I have that book but also a more meticulous one of the same author David Trump and same title where he does not mention or says anything about that photograph not even a picture in the said book I have . David Trump was in Malta in the early 60s and there were no trees at that time when he first saw the remains of the Temple on that ridge , the trees were planted in early 70s . Those two megaliths where found to be suitable at the time of restoration of the dry stone walls, most probably they may have been move in ancient times as everywhere in Malta this has happen with megaliths. I was born in Malta for these last 60 years and I familiar with almost all the Archaeology sites in these islands.
      Yours sincerely,
      I. Flores - Martin
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        Re: Xemxija Temple (2) by Anonymous on Friday, 19 April 2013
        From the Grove you can proceed to the ruins of the Temple dating back to circa 2800 BCE. A monolith to the southeast of the site indicates where the main temple doorway used to stand. A flat plateau once a cobbled yard precedes the remains of the lobed apses with the central apse standing at the northwest. From the surviving section it can be deduced that the walls were between 2 to 2.50 meters thick and the temple structure consisted of five or seven apses. The temple, like many of the other thirty sites to be found on the Maltese islands, is situated on a steep ridge commanding a spectacular panorama of the sea, Pwales Valley and Wardija. This site, which in shape is similar to the rock hewn burial chambers, was built in a three lobed shape.
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