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Runemage
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|  New Message Posted!2012-07-26 11:16
Ah, thanks Andy, I'll remember that for future use. Sitepage done.
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-26 00:09
You have to click on the coordinates to go to the 'Geohack' page then copy the decimal degrees from that page, which are the second ones down
(Lat: -1.933333, Long: -77.792778)
Not very obvious really! Thanks a lot for doing the other two.
[ This message was edited by: Andy B on 2012-07-26 00:11 ]
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Runemage
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-25 23:31
Cueva de los Tayos
Nothing I do with the co-ords in wiki 1°56′00″S 77°47′34″W will be accepted by our site-page.
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-25 20:00
Another one I don't have time to sort out at the mo
Un camp de hauteur du Néolithique au cap Blanc-Nez
http://www.inrap.fr/archeologie-preventive/Actualites/Actualites-des-decouvertes/Les-dernieres-decouvertes/2012/p-14842-Un-camp-de-hauteur-du-Neolithique-au-cap-Blanc-Nez.htm
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-25 19:32
Sounds close enough to get started, we can always update the accuracy later, by all means go for it
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Runemage
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-25 19:17
Does anyone have the grid ref for the following sites as they have a dig diary I'd like to put in our news:
The Cairns/Windwick Bay archaeological field project in South Ronaldsay - Overlooking Windwick Bay, the Cairns is a massive archaeological jigsaw puzzle, with a sequence of Iron Age buildings, representing centuries of use.
Hi Andy, there is a group of round features on Bing's Grid Reference Finder map at ND45789 87256, near a road named Windiwick and overlooking a bay, Windiwick presumably.
Second the Braes of Ha’breck excavations, in Wyre
Wyre is a tiny island, 1.2 square miles. Its grid ref from wiki is HY445262 Can't find a grid ref specific to the excavation, sorry.
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-25 16:27
Another interesting site needing a site page for it - the location is on Wikipedia:
The cave was popularized by Erich von Däniken's 1973 book The Gold of the Gods, in which he wrote that Juan Moricz had claimed to have explored Cueva de los Tayos in 1969 and discovered mounds of gold, unusual sculptures and a metallic library. These items were said to be located within artificial tunnels that had been created by a lost civilization with help from extraterrestrial beings. Von Däniken had previously stirred public imagination by suggesting that extraterrestrials were involved in ancient civilizations in his popular book Chariots of the Gods?.
As a result of the claims published in von Däniken’s book, an investigation of Cueva de los Tayos was organized by Stan Hall from Britain in 1976. One of the largest and most expensive cave explorations ever undertaken, the expedition included over a hundred people, including experts in a variety of fields, British and Ecuadorian military personnel, a film crew, and former astronaut Neil Armstrong. The team also included eight experienced British cavers who thoroughly explored the cave and conducted an accurate survey to produce a detailed map of the cave. There was no evidence of Von Däniken’s more exotic claims, although some physical features of the cave did approximate his descriptions and some items of zoological, botanical and archaeological interest were found.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Tayos
Leading to some controversial claims
http://www.goldlibrary.com/
http://tayoscave.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/legendary-metal-library-found-in-tayos-cave-in-ecuador/
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-24 19:08
Does anyone have the grid ref for the following sites as they have a dig diary I'd like to put in our news:
The Cairns/Windwick Bay archaeological field project in South Ronaldsay - Overlooking Windwick Bay, the Cairns is a massive archaeological jigsaw puzzle, with a sequence of Iron Age buildings, representing centuries of use.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2010/07/15/the-curious-case-of-the-cairns-broch/
Cairns project dig diary:
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/thecairns/
also
Second the Braes of Ha’breck excavations, in Wyre. The site comprises Neolithic timber and stone houses, working areas and a domestic quarry.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/05/09/740/
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| New Message Posted!2012-05-18 12:35
Presumably a region currently becoming much more open and tourist friendly than it has been, due to the next Winter Olympics in 2014.
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2012-05-17 20:38
Fascinating area, the Black Sea region. Loads of dolmens - http://lexiline.blogspot.com/2007/05/caucasus-dolmens-russia-deciphered-as.html
Maybe Dr. Viktor Trifonov is member Viktor.
So many megaliths in the world and too little time!
(Now investigating the Trabzon-Sochi ferry link - Black Sea Ferry Tales - might be the way to go).
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