<< Our Photo Pages >> Velatouri Mycenaean Tholos 1 - Cairn in Greece in Central Greece
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Velatouri Mycenaean Tholos 1Country: Greece
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Region: Central Greece Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Athens Nearest Village: Thorikos
Latitude: 37.742146N Longitude: 24.056060E
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 |
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| 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 |
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The Velatouri hill is the centre of a Mycenaean settlement and the later ancient deme of Thorikos. The Mycenaean acropolis on the top of the Velatouri hill and the two tholos tombs of the same period. The first excavations were carried out in 1820.
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