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Dhraghonera/Dhrakonera Bridge

PKC1800
TITLEDhraghonera∕Dhrakonera Bridge
WGS84 37.729607° N, 22.773075° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.729607, 22.773075
LON/LAT 22.773075, 37.729607

DMS 37° 43' 46.5852" N,22° 46' 23.07" E

W3Wentitle, transparent, facemask
UTM34 S, 656247, 4177295
EGSA87 391734, 4176236

Elevation m356
Elevation feet 1168
RegionArgolid





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Bridge

TYPE

1.    Bridge.   Simpson [1981], 15    'The road passed close to the Perseia spring and thence to the head of the Chavos ravine which it crossed by means of the Dragonera bridge ..., whose Mycenaean arch culvert is still partly preserved.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 15, 'It is virtually certain that the roads were constructed at a time late in the LH IIIB period, since Mylonas found sherds of this date in his two trial trenches ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'The Mycenaean Roads in the Area of Mycenae', pg. 15. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1800 is at 37.59085° N, 22.77148° E, a straight-line distance of 15 km and 447 m.