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Multi-periodSite Name: CrampioloCountry: Italy Region: Piemonte Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Domodossola
Latitude: 46.327327N Longitude: 8.279593E
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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Sculptured Stone in Piemonte
Unfinished project, that's how I want to call this beautiful little stone in Crampiolo, Val Devero (Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola).
I spotted it on a grey day thanks to its single cup which was full of rain water, in the meadow just outside the Crampiolo chapel. I showed it to my local friends and they were very surprised: that kind of local stone, greenish in colour, with its very smooth surface, apparently is very hard to shape even with modern machinery.
A little more water in the cup mark and the fluid overspilled down a neatly shaped short channel to reach a longer horizontal cut, this one bordered with a zig-zag-like decoration. But what a surprise! The water also cleaned the surface of the lower side of the stone and there, perfectly visible, I could see, cut after cut, the lines drawn to (I suppose) shape more channels as well as signs of some rubbing to crate a deeper groove within two dividing lines.
A great experience in a lovely place.
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