<< Our Photo Pages >> Chankillo Fortress - Ancient Temple in Peru
Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 02 July 2007 Page Views: 10512
Multi-periodSite Name: Chankillo Fortress Alternative Name: Chanquillo, El CastilleCountry: Peru Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Casma
Latitude: 9.55678S Longitude: 78.23586W
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
bat400 visited on 3rd Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2
Andy B have visited here
The Fortress of Chankillo, as it was termed by the Spanish, is probably a temple or ritual site, not a fortification. Built in the last days of the Chavin de Huantar culture, the twin circular towers and concentric walls date to around 400-300BC.
However, the site appears to have been used up until the Spanish Conquest and the Spanish recorded that the Inca used the site for sun worship. It lies on a hill within a desert plain. Marked with Ministry of Culture signage on the Pan American Highway, there is a track plowed through the desert sand from the pavement to near the site, but this is silted up with blowing sand and drivers have sorted out their own track. Best visited with a high clearance vehicle and 4 wheel drive.
Note: Another article on Chancillo solar alignment speculates on ancient political motives.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Flickr
The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
1.1km ESE 118° Chankillo - 13 Towers* Ancient Temple
2.7km NNW 343° La Cantina Ancient Village or Settlement
6.2km NNE 14° Pampa de Las Llamas - Moxeque Ancient Village or Settlement
8.8km NNW 343° Cerro Sechin* Ancient Temple
10.2km N 356° Sechin Alto Ancient Village or Settlement
10.7km NNW 343° Sechin Bajo Ancient Palace
11.3km N 351° Taukachi-Konkan Ancient Village or Settlement
17.4km SSW 202° Las Aldas Ancient Village or Settlement
21.8km NNE 18° Huerequeque Ancient Village or Settlement
26.5km E 85° Pallka Ancient Village or Settlement
37.9km NNW 328° Huambacho Ancient Village or Settlement
49.6km N 7° Siete Huaca* Ancient Village or Settlement
57.4km SSE 168° El Castillo de Huarmey* Pyramid / Mastaba
70.0km NE 56° Guitarrero Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter
73.9km NE 39° Tumshukayko* Ancient Village or Settlement
77.5km E 88° Museo Regional de Áncash Museum
79.9km E 84° Willkawain* Chambered Tomb
80.3km E 85° Ichik Willkawain* Chambered Tomb
111.1km SSE 149° Shaura Ancient Village or Settlement
111.2km SSE 150° Cerro de la Cruz Ancient Village or Settlement
115.7km ESE 108° Pastoruri Road Rock Art
116.0km E 92° Chavín de Huantar* Ancient Village or Settlement
117.1km SSE 153° Huaricanga Artificial Mound
121.1km N 4° La Galgada Pyramid / Mastaba
126.0km SSE 157° Caballete Ancient Village or Settlement
View more nearby sites and additional images