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Natural PlacesSite Name: Pura Batur GangsianCountry: Indonesia
NOTE: This site is 245.028 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Pupuan Nearest Village: TinggarSari
Latitude: 8.294200N Longitude: 114.995860E
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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The Pura Batur Gangsian site was a very special trip, which I did some time ago when I was staying in Munduk in the mountains. The site is located at a long winding road up in the mountains right at the border between Buleleng and Tabangan regency. I found the site based on some internet research, where it is described as a very mysterious site from the megalithic times. Reaching the site is actually very simple with a normal car. The still in use Hindu temple is right on the ridge along the road and you only have to walk some steps done to come to the site. The local tourist web sites claim these stones are pillars from the megalithic times and state that they were part of some bigger structures. I have found one scientific reference to it from a local university, but my further research did not result in more detailed information. Surely the hundreds of "pillars" piled over each other seem "odd" and somehow reminded my of the magnificent "Gunung Padang" in West Java. However why they are piled up like this, or if this is a natural phenomena, if the pillars are natural or being crafted by humans remains a mystery. I have climbed around the ridge and indeed it could be that there was a larger complex, but there was too little information accessible to me, so it remains unclear what these stone pillars are doing there. Find out by yourself when you are in the Munduk area ;) !
The following YOUTUBE video gives a nice overview of the area and location (in Indonesian)
https://youtu.be/GfX4GB64qrY
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