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Submitted by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 25 January 2015  Page Views: 4723

Multi-periodSite Name: Hyrax Hill
Country: Kenya
NOTE: This site is 143.448 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nakuru  Nearest Village: Mawanga
Latitude: 0.279724S  Longitude: 36.105328E
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 5 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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Hyrax Hill is a neolithic/iron-age settlement excavated in 1937 by Dr. Mary Leakey. She found a neolithic mass grave and rough stone enclosures of the iron-age.

Today a museum informs about the excavations.
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Re: Hyrax Hill by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 25 January 2015
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The site is located in Kenya. Please correct it.
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    Add Kenya and Uganda as countries by Andy B on Sunday, 25 January 2015
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    Yes we can add that. We also need to add Uganda for your new sites - any other countries needed?
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      Re: Add Kenya and Uganda as countries by KaiHofmann on Monday, 26 January 2015
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      I will see and let you now asap what country I will check next..
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