<< Our Photo Pages >> Ramnous - Hillfort in Greece in Central Greece
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ramnous Alternative Name: Rhamnus, RhamnousCountry: Greece Region: Central Greece Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Athens Nearest Village: Marathon
Latitude: 38.222618N Longitude: 24.026735E
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Athenian Hillfort set up in 4th century BCE in order to control the waters towards Euboa and avoid a repeat of the Persian invasion. The fort even sported a small theater. The path can be reached via the small temples of Nemesis and Themis, but is long and arduous.
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