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Multi-periodSite Name: Nosy Mangabe GravesCountry: Madagascar
NOTE: This site is 212.581 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Maroantsetra Nearest Village: Nosy Mangabe
Latitude: 15.495S Longitude: 49.768056E
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 |
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Rock Cut Tomb in Madagascar
On the small island of Nosy Mangabe in the northeastern part of Madagascar a group of ancient stone coffins are to find in a cave at the western hillside of the highest mountain. They are possible of the 8th century CE as there are some other remains of settlements of the 8th cenutry CE.
This is a link to the coffins
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