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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dorje Dolmen ThamshingCountry: Bhutan
NOTE: This site is 41.98 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Jakar Nearest Village: Thamshing Monastery
Latitude: 27.586302N Longitude: 90.739704E
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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Michael Hauser a german ethnologist and expierienced Bhutan guide discovered in the early 1990s a Dolmen in Bhumthang close to the Thamshing monastery at the opposite side of the Kurjey Lhakhang (monastery) and the Bumthang Chu (river). It seems to be one of several remains of an unknown neolithic culture in Bhutan.
In the Bumthang area could be found more unknown evidences like cup-marked stones of an ancient culture. The Dolmen site has been threatened by building operations to rebuild (usage of stones) the burnt Kenchogsum temple besides the Thamshing monastery. However thanks to Michael's efforts the King of Bhutan has directly intervened to save the site.
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