TAESP: Places of Special Interest Dataset

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POSI Number TP129
GU number
SIA Number TS15
Intensive Survey Zone Karkotis
Village Katydhata
Locality Pano Limna
Easting 488793.00
Northing 3882071.00
Elevation (m) 251.00
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Source GPS
Aerial Photograph 38038
Sheet Map 1:5000 28-XX
Team Leader ATB
Summary Set of collapsed and/or robbed tombs
Topography Anthropogenic terraces between ridge and road
Vegetation Batha, wild grasses, spiny burnet, asphodel
Access west of road to miners camp
Description Environment Tombs cut into bedrock with thin colluvial layer on tope. Just west of dirt road, about 25 m west of paved road.Grid reference taken at PU05. Alternative unexplained grid ref: 489966/3882863. (MJG, 11/6/04)
Pottery Abundant
Tile Some
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture Abundant
Visibility (%) 50
Description POSI PU01: Southern most tomb. Collapsed depression. Totally over grownPU02: Ovular depression, half of it very over grown surrounded by many cobbles and small bouldersPU03: Collapsed, sloped derpression, totally over grown but not all filled inPU04: collapsed ovular depression, totally overgrown and surrounded by small bouldersPU05: opened dromos and collapsed chamber. GPS reading. Mostly filled inPU06: shallow depression, totally overgrown, only a couple small boulders nearbyPU07: collapsed dromos, open chamber. Southern cut of dromos nicely visible.PU08: collapsed dromos, chamber not visible. Heavily overygrown but not too filled in: no spoil heap visiblePU09: shallow but long depression totally covered by pine needles.PU10: shallow depression filled in with cobbles. Semi-circular line of small rectilinear boulders on west sidePU11: One shallow depression covered in pine needles, south of collapsed dromos with chamber; chamber's roof has collapsed at western end onlly. All covered in pine needles. Chamber appears to be mostly filled in with bedrock chunksPU12: Collapsed dromes and intact chamber, may be going under dirt road. Boulders and cobbles nearby
Condition stable
Settlement No
Church No
Building No
Bridge No
Check Dam No
Threshing Floor No
Tomb Yes
Kiln No
Other Structure No
Rock No
Mine/Adit No
Botany No
Extraction No
Road No
Pottery No
Lithics No
View No
Geomorphology No
Prehistoric No
Iron Age No
Hellenistic/Roman Yes
Medieval/Ottoman No
Modern No
Slag No
Shrine No
Entered By CLT
Entered Date 3/8/2002 00:00:00
Recorded By ATB
Recorded Date 3/8/2002 00:00:00


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