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POSI Number TP151
GU number GU2630
SIA Number TS05
Intensive Survey Zone Xyliatos
Village Xyliatos
Locality Kokkinoplevra tou Alestou
Easting 501985.00
Northing 3876542.00
Elevation (m) 636.00
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Source GPS
Sheet Map 1:5000 29-XXVI
Team Leader AGR
Summary Possible check dam high up south side of Alestos.
Topography Narrow steep gully above adits.
Vegetation Almond, Wild Garlic, Carob, Wild Grasses and Spiny Burnet
Access Dirt track from Ayios Yeoryios to south side of Alestos and then walk.
Description Environment Located in a gully that is on a noth-south facing slope at an altitude of 636 m and a slope of 25 degrees. It is formed in pillow basalt that has significant concentration of manganese.
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture None
Visibility (%) 10
Description POSI Check dam high up a gully with a young almond tree and wild garlic. Rock walls on each side. Little pockets of soil among lots of rubble. There is a carob tree 5m away on the western rock wall.
Settlement No
Church No
Building No
Bridge No
Check Dam Yes
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 No
Modern No
Slag No
Shrine No
Entered By ESP
Entered Date 15/7/2003 00:00:00
Recorded By KWJ
Recorded Date 15/7/2003 00:00:00


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