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Nitovikla Castle

PKC6861
TITLENitovikla Castle
WGS84 35.487696° N, 34.289937° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.487696, 34.289937
LON/LAT 34.289937, 35.487696

DMS 35° 29' 15.7056" N,34° 17' 23.7732" E

W3Wkingpin, chimes, verging
UTM36 S, 617009.47, 3927893.6
EGSA87 1434859, 3975888

Elevation m25
Elevation feet 82
RegionCyprus





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Fort

TYPE

1.    Fort.   Peltenburg [2008], 145    ' ... contoured fortification systems like that thrown up around the ca 6 ha. plateau at Korovia-Nitovikla ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Cypriot III: (1750 BC - 1650 BC)
    a.    Peltenburg [2008]: 145, ' ..., they belong to the MC III - LC I period of the mid-2nd millennium B.C. ... '

2. Late Cypriot I: (1650 BC - 1450 BC)
    a.    Peltenburg [2008]: 145, ' ..., they belong to the MC III - LC I period of the mid-2nd millennium B.C. ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Peltenburg [2008]:  Peltenburg, E.J.. ‘Nitovikla and Tell el-Burak: Cypriot mid-second millennium B.C. forts in a Levantine context.’, Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, pp. 145-159, '', pg. 145. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6861 is at 35.48647° N, 34.29143° E, a straight-line distance of 192.3 m.