TAESP: Places of Special Interest Dataset

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POSI Number TP148
GU number GU2630
SIA Number TS05
Intensive Survey Zone Xyliatos
Village Xyliatos
Locality Kokkinoplevra tou Alestou
Easting 502017.00
Northing 3876454.00
Elevation (m) 574.00
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Source GPS
Sheet Map 1:5000 29-XXVI
Team Leader AGR
Summary Adit with external stone built platform
Topography Steep stony slope on south side of Alestos
Vegetation Hawthorn, Spiny Burnet, Wild Grasses, buckthorn, Urtica, Capers and Genista
Access Dirt track from Agios Yeoryios to the south side of Alestos
Description Environment Steep stony slope on the south side of Alestos above the pine line. Overgrown with vegetation. Uncultivated land due to slope. Just below rocky outcrops of summit. Located in a gully at about 15 degrees slope and formed in basaltic rock.
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture Some
Visibility (%) 30
Description POSI Adit about 20m SW of TP112 (adit). From entrance heading north: 170cm deep. From entrance heading east: 400cm deep. Largest (eastern) part: 90cm high. Northern area: 50cm high. External platform E of adit entrance, stone wall south side, N side seems to be cut into the bedrock. Length: 2.6m, Depth: 2.5m. Stone wall of south side between 1 and 4 courses high. Visibility on platform: 30%, around platform: 10%, within adit: 80%.
Condition Heavily overgrown over spoil heap below adit. Some collapse and fill in the adit but generally quite good condition.
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 ESP
Entered Date 15/7/2003 00:00:00
Recorded By RAB
Recorded Date 15/7/2003 00:00:00


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