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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eshmedzhika DolmenCountry: Bulgaria Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Latitude: 41.898120N Longitude: 26.153126E
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 dolmen was published in 1901 for the first time, alongside with three other destroyed monuments. The dolmen belongs to an extensive necropolis, which has an area of c. 2 ha in Eshmedzhika and Bayamlaka localities. It is not possible to specify whether the dolmen was covered with a tumular embankment.
There is an elevated circular area around the dolmen, which is c. 30 cm in height and 16 m in diameter. Three slabs of the dolmen are preserved, two of them longitudinal. The northern slab is 2.50 m in length and 1.20 m in height, and the southern one is 2.60 m in length and 1.40 m in height. The western transverse back slab is 1.10 m in length and 1.08 m in height. The covering slab and the transverse entrance slab of the dolmen are missing. There are a number of holes, 5 – 8 cm in diameter and 2 – 6 cm in depth, on the inner side of the southern longitudinal slab. An outer mantle of stones, which has an almost circular layout, 4 – 5 m in diameter, and surrounds the dolmen, was discovered at 20 – 35 cm in depth. Hand-made pottery of the Early Iron Age (11th – 6th centuries BC) was found. The dolmen dates to the same period.
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