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POSI Number TP183
GU number GU2653
Intensive Survey Zone Xyliatos
Village Xyliatos
Locality Alestos
Easting 502368.00
Northing 3876829.00
Elevation (m) 581.00
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Source GPS
Sheet Map 1:5000 29-XXVI
Team Leader AGR
Summary Semi circular platform
Topography Rocky steep slope on E side of Alestos.
Vegetation Spiny Burnet, Heath. pine, Cistus, Wild grasses, Hawthorn, Asphodel, lichen
Access Dirt track leading from the road between Ayios Yeoryios road and TS10
Description Environment On E facing slope of Alestos, mainly bedrock. The vegetation is growing in pockets between the rocks.
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone None
Ground Stone None
Slag None
Architecture Some
Visibility (%) 60
Description POSI Sub-circular platform cut into bedrock with retaining wall at the front made up of boulder- and cobble-sized stones. There are pebble-sized stones as fill behind the wall. Dimensions: 2.8 m wide and 2.2 m deep. The wall is 72 cm high.
Condition Fairly good, but overgrown on top and some of the wall has collapsed.
Settlement No
Church No
Building No
Bridge No
Check Dam No
Threshing Floor No
Tomb No
Kiln No
Other Structure Yes
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 RAB
Entered Date 21/7/2003 00:00:00
Recorded By CWA
Recorded Date 20/7/2003 00:00:00


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