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POSI Number TP048
GU number
Intensive Survey Zone Asinou
Village Nikitari
Locality Palaeomandraes
Easting 495555.00
Northing 3877690.00
Elevation (m) 655.00
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Source GPS
Team Leader MJG
Summary Two-room ruin on spur
Topography Knoll on spur between two gullies
Vegetation Pinus brutia; cistus, tall-stemmed dandelion, wild grasses
Access Asinou - Ayios Theodhoros nature trail
Description Environment Distinct raised knoll on spur running SE down into Argaki ton Rotson valley. Reasonable view to SE, though rather obscured by pines. 20 m from path. Some small clearings
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture Abundant
Visibility (%) 10
Description POSI One clear rectangular room; adjacent one is irregular and apparently open-ended: porch, apse, or oddly collapsed small room? Faces 160 degrees. Heavily lichened with grey lichen. Would need to clear pine needles to find pottery. Main room is 4 x 6 m; extra room extends a further 3 m. Rubble walls c. 60 m high.(This was combined with TP101 by MJG on 28/8/04, as they both described the same POSI)
Condition Only wall stub remains, with much tumble; only 2 short stretches of original facing visible.
Settlement No
Church No
Building Yes
Bridge No
Check Dam No
Threshing Floor No
Tomb No
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 No
Medieval/Ottoman Yes
Modern Yes
Slag No
Shrine No
Entered By MJG
Entered Date 21/3/2002 00:00:00
Recorded By MJG
Recorded Date 21/3/2002 00:00:00


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