TAESP: Places of Special Interest Dataset

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POSI Number TP055
GU number
SIA Number TS10
Intensive Survey Zone Xyliatos
Village Xyliatos
Locality Ayios Kyriakos
Easting 503291.00
Northing 3877230.00
Elevation (m) 384.00
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Source GPS
Aerial Photograph 63-35-026
Team Leader LIK
Summary Small ancient adit
Topography Cut on the face of a sheer surface of pillow lava bedrock
Vegetation Pine, hawthorn, eucalyptus, oleander
Access Crossing the gully and walking along the cement irrigation channel
Description Environment Cadastral Plot number 122?This is the east side of the gully, the rock face which is the back wall of Memi open cast. The gully is overgrown with vegetation. Large pillows some of which have become detached and fallen off creating cavities which could be mistaken for exploitation
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture None
Visibility (%) 90
Description POSI Small adit filled with very fine sediment. In front of it runs the cement irrigation channel. This is one of the smallest and not that well shaped adits-could be a pillow that has fallen out as explained above. Aspect SW.
Settlement No
Church No
Building No
Bridge No
Check Dam No
Threshing Floor No
Tomb No
Kiln No
Other Structure No
Rock No
Mine/Adit Yes
Botany No
Extraction Yes
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 LIK
Entered Date 26/7/2001 00:00:00
Recorded By LIK
Recorded Date 26/7/2001 00:00:00


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