<< Our Photo Pages >> Twyfelfontein - Stone Circle in Namibia
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: TwyfelfonteinCountry: Namibia Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Khorixas Nearest Village: Khorixas
Latitude: 20.598S Longitude: 14.374209E
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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Stone Circle in Namibia. We went to visit the nearby rock paintings and were delighted to discover that they had stone circles as well.
One was unrecognizable as a circle but our guide assured us it was so. We were told they were created by the same people that painted and carved the rocks in the area and that the circles were used by shaman to perform rituals.
The circle was 10m from the rock carvings (the only ones in the valley as the rest are paintings) which show circles and other geometric shapes that we were told shamans saw when they were in a trance-like state.
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