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<< Text Pages >> Claro sito preistorico - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Switzerland in Tessin

Submitted by Megalithic89 on Wednesday, 02 November 2022  Page Views: 397

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Claro sito preistorico Alternative Name: Claro Neolithic structure
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 22.79 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Tessin Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bellinzona  Nearest Village: Claro
Latitude: 46.258350N  Longitude: 9.018910E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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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
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Tessin

In Bellinzona-Claro, structures belonging to a prehistoric place of worship from the Neolithic (2,500-2,300 BC) and the Iron Age (ca. 500 BC) have come to light. The Neolithic structure is composed of at least five megaliths (large stones erected vertically similar to menhirs) and other smaller blocks coming partly from quarries in the vicinity, sketched and with traces of working. During the Iron Age the megaliths were covered and reused for the construction of a new place of worship perhaps for burial purposes.


References:
1) The above-mentioned text is translated from the article in the news portal “LaRegione.ch”, 13.06.2019, Link to this article:
Eccezionale scoperta archeologica a Claro: spuntano i menhir | laRegione.ch (Exceptional archaeological discovery at Claro: Menhirs turn up)
2) Swiss Stone Monuments Inventory, Object No. 6702.09
Link to www.ssdi.ch
In this inventory, the type of site is Menhirs.

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