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Multi-periodSite Name: Grota do Medo Alternative Name: Complexo megalítico Grota do MedoCountry: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 845.418 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: The Azores Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Angra do Heroismo
Latitude: 38.675567N Longitude: 27.224867W
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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Prehistoric site in Portugal
A site recently recognized as attesting a "pre-Portuguese" (pre-15th century) human presence on Terceira, Azores Islands.
Classified “Archaeological Site of Grota do Medo" in 2012.
This discovery, seemingly first published in the early 2010's, was at first much debated because it cast a new light on the human occupation of (some of) the Azores islands.
Traditionally, Terceira was discovered by Portuguese navigators in 1445 (and thus named because it was the 3rd island of the archipelago to be spotted) -- however, for a more detailed account, see paragraph "History" on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terceira_Island .
The site comprises a cave, cup-marks, engravings : see point 3 of the first source.
Coordinates are approximate, and derived from these publications.
Sources :
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/portoazores.pdf
http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=55269#.VbDSmfntmko
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