<< Our Photo Pages >> Msoura - Stone Circle in Morocco
Submitted by kengelma on Wednesday, 10 January 2007 Page Views: 41977
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Msoura Alternative Name: Mzoura CircleCountry: Morocco Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Asilah Nearest Village: Sidi-el-Yamani
Latitude: 35.404139N Longitude: 5.943848W
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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Although we drove through tracks in fields to get there (it was impossible to get through Sidi el Yamani during market hours), I think you could get there on decent gravel and dirt roads if you can find the right road outside of Asilah. (It's about 25km S of Asilah.) I'll upload GPS settings to make this possible (as soon as I figure out how to do that).
It's difficult to find much documentation on the site. Generally, it is composed of a circle of 167 megaliths surrounding a tumulus of almost 55m of diameter, the highest of these monoliths measures more than 5 m. It is called El Uted (The Pointer.)
According to legend, this monument is the tomb of the giant of Anthe (or Antæus), son of Earth and Neptune. He was a mythical giant, a terræ filius or son of the earth, who was strong only when his foot was on the earth; lifted in air he became weak as water. Hercules discovered this weakness and crushed him.
John Palmer of the Sacred Sites International Foundation (http://www.sacred-sites.org/earth.html) has the most extensive write-up that I've found. He also has an excellent etching from 1980.
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