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POSI Number TP182
GU number GU2653
Intensive Survey Zone Xyliatos
Village Xyliatos
Locality Alestos
Easting 502357.00
Northing 3876808.00
Elevation (m) 594.00
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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


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