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Rock ArtSite Name: Besh Barmak Compass StoneCountry: Azerbaijan
NOTE: This site is 83.206 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Baku
Latitude: 40.956330N Longitude: 49.214420E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This multi channeled stone is extremely intricate and has many similar features to oriented rock art that I have come across elsewhere in Azerbaijan.
( Ref http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai143_folder/143_articles/143_mt_index.html).
Because of its location, due west of an imposing rock crag called Besh Barmak, or Five fingered mountain which sits at the very end of the Caucasus mountain range I believe the site has ancient astronomical importance. The deepest channel runs through the central bowl or bullaun in a NW-SE direction, which is the orientation of the Caucasus mountain range. Coincidence??
This newly discovered ancient monument needs to be examined by archaeo astronomers to determine its significance and protected. I would welcome any comments on its features and information on any similar carvings from elsewhere.
Besh Barmak even today is considered a holy place and has numerous pilgrims and with many archaeological aspects of interest including numerous burial mounds is a potentially significant archeo site.
Kurgan.
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