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POSI Number | TP182 |
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GU number | GU2653 |
Intensive Survey Zone | Xyliatos |
Village | Xyliatos |
Locality | Alestos |
Easting | 502357.00 |
Northing | 3876808.00 |
Elevation (m) | 594.00 |
References | [Link to Bibliography] |
Source | GPS |
Sheet Map 1:5000 | 29-XXVI |
Team Leader | AGR |
Summary | Small exploratory cut into the bedrock on E side of Alestos. |
Topography | SE facing slope at 22 degrees, bare rock. |
Vegetation | Spiny Burnet, Heath. Young pine, Cistus, Wild grasses, Hawthorn, Asphodel. |
Access | Dirt track leading from the road between Ayios Yeoryios road and TS10 |
Description Environment | The small exploratory cut is located on the SE facing slope of Alestos on a slope of 22 degrees. It is almost completely made up of bare rock with cobble-sized rocks on the slope. The lichens have weathered the rock providing nutrients for the support of wild grasses, cistus, heath etc. |
Pottery | None |
Tile | None |
Chipped Stone | None |
Ground Stone | None |
Slag | None |
Architecture | Some |
Visibility (%) | 80 |
Description POSI | Rectangular cut, 90 cm x 110 cm, clearly abandoned very early on. Some boulder- and cobble-sized rocks below represent a small amount of soil from this cut. Some fill covers the floor of the cut. The floor of the cut is 9.5 m upslope and NW of TP181 |
Condition | No obvious collapse |
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 | No |
Shrine | No |
Entered By | RAB |
Entered Date | 21/7/2003 00:00:00 |
Recorded By | CWA |
Recorded Date | 20/7/2003 00:00:00 |