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<< Text Pages >> Solar Watch - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Peru

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Multi-periodSite Name: Solar Watch Alternative Name: Solar Clock
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 2.973 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Palpa, Peru
Latitude: 14.5245S  Longitude: 75.1931W
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.
no data 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
4
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Hill Figure in Ica Department.
A geoglyph in the form of two close knit grouping parallel lines.

This figure has often been theorized as a means of telling time, but there is little agreement on this idea. The figure lines in a densely marked area of ancient (and modern) lines, trapezoids, spirals and other figures.
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