<< Our Photo Pages >> Los Algarbes - Rock Cut Tomb in Spain in Andalucía
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Los AlgarbesCountry: Spain Region: Andalucía Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Tarifa Nearest Village: Valdevaqueros
Latitude: 36.075216N Longitude: 5.6995W
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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kalcoatl visited on 27th Dec 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Somewhat neglected site that was clearly once well-managed, judging by the orientation and information slabs that form part of the path, enclosed by fencing and currently closed to the public.
The main feature is the hilltop rock out of which several caves have been formed. Some other caves in the ricky hillside can also be found.
Excavated since the late 1960s, it has been hypothesized that they had a possible function of demarcating territory, a kind of indicator of ownership of the different social groups buried there. For more information on the Nécropolis
see here and also Wikipedia (both Spanish).
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