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POSI Number TP172
GU number
SIA Number TS01
Intensive Survey Zone Karkotis
Village Skouriotissa
Locality Kitromilia
Easting 489316.00
Northing 3883585.00
Elevation (m) 194.00
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Source GPS
Sheet Map 1:5000 28-
Team Leader LIK
Summary Slag heap
Topography Side of hill above Karkotis
Vegetation Brambles, caper, thorn, scarce cistus
Access Road to the south
Description Environment The slag heap lies east of the Karkotis. It is below the road that leads to the top of Phoukasa. There is a lot of modern waste, spoil etc above it. It has been cut by bulldozer and it forms a terrace above the old cementation plant.
Pottery Some
Tile Some
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag Abundant
Architecture None
Visibility (%) 100
Description POSI This is a Roman slag heap, the top of which has been sectioned to form a platform. Layers of slag are clearly visible. The lower part of the slag heap is obscured by scrap metal and other rubbish and we cannot have a clear indication of the hillside. It has also been cut to the North by a road track . Just to the west is the Karkotis river and the cementation plant.(Reentered after server failure etc, MJG 20 June 2004.
Condition 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 No
Botany No
Extraction Yes
Road No
Pottery No
Lithics No
View No
Geomorphology No
Prehistoric No
Iron Age No
Hellenistic/Roman No
Medieval/Ottoman No
Modern No
Slag Yes
Shrine No
Entered By LIK
Entered Date 22/7/2003 00:00:00
Recorded By LIK
Recorded Date 19/7/2003 00:00:00


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