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| POSI Number | TP153 |
|---|---|
| GU number | GU2633 |
| SIA Number | TS05 |
| Intensive Survey Zone | Xyliatos |
| Village | Xyliatos |
| Locality | Alestos |
| Easting | 501981.00 |
| Northing | 3876674.00 |
| Elevation (m) | 664.00 |
| References | [Link to Bibliography] |
| Source | GPS |
| Sheet Map 1:5000 | 29-XXVI |
| Team Leader | AGR |
| Summary | Two adits below the road on the top of Alestos. |
| Topography | Steep rocky ground/slope immediately below the ridge |
| Vegetation | Thistle, Spiny Burnet, Cistus, Hawthorn and grasses |
| Access | Immediately next to the Alestos mine access road [not usable]. |
| Description Environment | Two collapsed adits on the west facing slope of Alestos. Close to the ridge and immediately below the Alestos mine access road. Soil is very thin and stony and is supporting grass, thistles and stunted hawthorn. |
| Pottery | None |
| Tile | None |
| Chipped Stone | None |
| Ground Stone | None |
| Slag | None |
| Architecture | None |
| Visibility (%) | 30 |
| Description POSI | Two adits cut into the bedrock below the Alestos mine access road. One adit is heading south and the other is heading east. There is a short flat area between the mouths which may have been a junction?! South adit dimensions: 180cm deep, 160cm wide inside adit, 70cm high at mouth, 70cm wide at mouth. There is a cut 45cm wide x 180cm long through the bedrock to the mouth.East adit dimensions: 70cm high at mouth, 70cm wide at mouth, 90cm deep. Lots of tumble infill in this adit. |
| Condition | South adit: Good. East adit: not as good, lots of infill. Both are heavily lichenated |
| 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 | 16/7/2003 00:00:00 |
| Recorded By | ESP |
| Recorded Date | 15/7/2003 00:00:00 |