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POSI Number | TP148 |
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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 |
References | [Link to Bibliography] |
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 |