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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dreros - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Crete

Submitted by Klingon on Thursday, 25 August 2022  Page Views: 1050

Multi-periodSite Name: Dreros Alternative Name: Δρῆρος
Country: Greece Region: Crete Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Neapoli
Latitude: 35.257000N  Longitude: 25.627000E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
3 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
5

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Klingon visited on 8th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

Dreros
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Crete

Dreros is a post-Minoan site. Inhabited in early Iron Age (8th–6th centuries BCE), Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times. The site covers a really large area.
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Village alley I.
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