TAESP: Places of Special Interest Dataset

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POSI Number TP150
GU number GU2630
SIA Number TS05
Intensive Survey Zone Xyliatos
Village Xyliatos
Locality Kokkinoplevra tou Alestou
Easting 501976.00
Northing 3876508.00
Elevation (m) 606.00
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Source GPS
Sheet Map 1:5000 29-XXVI
Team Leader AGR
Summary Stone wall of angular basalt boulders with small platform.
Topography Steep rocky slope
Vegetation Hawthorn, Spiny Burnet, Wild Grasses, Capers
Access Up slope from dirt track from Ayios Yeoryios on south slope of Alestos
Description Environment Steep bedrock outcrops. Vegetation growing sparsely up slope (N). Mixed vegetation but spiny burnet prominent to the north.
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture Some
Visibility (%) 0
Description POSI Crudely made dry stack of angular material. Platform: 260cm E-W, 250cm N-S, N side bedrock. S side stone wall: 70cm high, curving slightly at west end. Very poor visibility in surrounding area, less than 10%.
Condition Good but one top stone collapsed out.
Settlement No
Church No
Building No
Bridge No
Check Dam No
Threshing Floor No
Tomb No
Kiln No
Other Structure Yes
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 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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