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Hypogée le Trou à Mort
Date Added: 23rd Jan 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Val-d'Oise (95))
Visited: Would like to visit
Hypogée le Trou à Mort submitted by binardino on 23rd May 2006. Site in Ile-de-France:Val-d'Oise (95)
not easy to find this chambered tomb because the wood is very big and the site not indicated. This tomb serves during ww2 as a shelter for German soldiers.
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Comb Scar
Date Added: 24th Aug 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Would like to visit
Comb Scar submitted by rich32 on 30th Jun 2005. A single Bronze Age hut circle situated on Comb Scar, north of Malham.
This hut circle has a diameter of approx 8 meters and is nestled in a tiny cove, with only its south side open to the elements. The entrance looks to be on its east side.
Excavated in 1957.
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Bodbury Ring
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2016
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bodbury Ring submitted by TimPrevett on 24th Apr 2004. A small univallate hillfort, survivng from the Iron Age as a ring with a commanding view across the area. It possibly incorporates an earlier cross dyke.
The Ring immediately overlooks Carding Mill Valley, cared for by the National Trust, on the eastern edge of The Long Mynd, also under the NT's care.
Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) and The Lawley are to its east, and The Wrekin is obvious on the skyline to the north-east. All these are also the sites of hillforts and settlements.
In the...
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Garrol Wood
Date Added: 10th May 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Nine Stanes submitted by on 19th Jun 2002.
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Parque Museo La Venta
Date Added: 15th Apr 2011
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Mexico (Tabasco)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Parque Museo La Venta submitted by SolarMegalith on 24th Apr 2011. Olmec head called Old Warrior (photo taken on March 2004).
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Chicanná
Date Added: 1st Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chicanná submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Feb 2009. Structure XX - this is the highest building at Chicanná, its layout is almost quadrangular, composed of two levels and oriented towards the cardinal points. The lower section has eleven rooms and the upper part four. The principal facade is on the south side.
The facade of the upper temple preserves the remains of the typical motif of the Chenes region: a complete, gigantic, zoomorphic mask. In each of the corners there are columns of masks of the "prominent nose" god which guards the mout...
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Hormiguero
Date Added: 1st Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hormiguero submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Feb 2009. Structure II - a nice fusion of Chenes and Rio Bec styles here.
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Tonina
Date Added: 1st Mar 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tonina submitted by SolarMegalith on 18th Feb 2011. Tonina - structures build on slope of the hill form main part of the complex. Most of the monuments are dated for Classic period (photo taken on March 2002).
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Mitla
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Oaxaca)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Mitla submitted by SolarMegalith on 2nd Mar 2011. The Palace Group in Mitla, one of the most important Zapotec (and later Mixtec) centres (photo taken on March 2002).
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Tula.
Date Added: 9th Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Hidalgo)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tula. submitted by LivingRocks on 20th Apr 2007. The Atlantes statues at Tula.
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Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa
Date Added: 5th Aug 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Mexico (Veracruz)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa submitted by SolarMegalith on 5th Aug 2011. Headless sculpture from Late Post-Classic period (1200 - 1521 AD) located on patio of the museum, probably it has been damaged during christianization of Mexico (photo taken on March 2002).
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Mayapan
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mayapan submitted by SolarMegalith on 17th Aug 2008. Mayapan - view for the main pyramid. The city was an important political centre in final period of Mayan civilization (photo taken on March 2002).
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Sayil
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Sayil submitted by SolarMegalith on 17th Aug 2008. The ruins of the Temple El Mirador in Sayil are hidden deep in the jungle. The city itself is a perfect example of Puuc style, which is represented also by the buildings in Xlapak, Chacmultun, Labna and Kabah (photo taken on March 2002).
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Palenque
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Palenque submitted by SolarMegalith on 17th Aug 2008. Site in Mexico: Palenque - less known part of the ruins. Just enter the jungle... and you will be flooded with Pre-Colombian remains!
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Grutas de Loltún
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Grutas de Loltún submitted by SolarMegalith on 18th Aug 2008. Site in Mexico: Grutas de Loltun - natural entrance to the system of caves.
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Becan
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Becan submitted by SolarMegalith on 24th Aug 2008. Becan - two visible towers are perfect examples of Rio Bec style (you can see similar ones in Xpujil ruins).
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Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Apr 2007. 1982 excavations in Downtown Mexico City.
The site was rediscovered under derelict buildings near the cathedral.
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Lambityeco
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Oaxaca)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Lambityeco submitted by SolarMegalith on 23rd Feb 2011. Carved ornaments in Lambityeco (photo taken on March 2002).
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Dainzu
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Oaxaca)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dainzu submitted by SolarMegalith on 22nd Feb 2011. Juego de pelota (ball-court) in Dainzu has been only partly reconstructed (photo taken on March 2002).
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Cuernavaca - Piramide de Teopanzolco
Date Added: 26th Apr 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Morelos)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Cuernavaca - Piramide de Teopanzolco submitted by SolarMegalith on 26th Apr 2011. Top part of the pryamid (photo taken on March 2002).
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