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POSI Number | TP183 |
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GU number | GU2653 |
Intensive Survey Zone | Xyliatos |
Village | Xyliatos |
Locality | Alestos |
Easting | 502368.00 |
Northing | 3876829.00 |
Elevation (m) | 581.00 |
References | [Link to Bibliography] |
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 |