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Knossos: Minoan Well

PKC5556
TITLEKnossos: Minoan Well
WGS84 35.300258° N, 25.158572° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.300258, 25.158572
LON/LAT 25.158572, 35.300258

DMS 35° 18' 0.9288" N,25° 9' 30.8592" E

W3Wfeed, nimbly, emblem
UTM35 S, 332573, 3907896
EGSA87 605188, 3906668

Elevation m115
Elevation feet 377.3
RegionCrete
SubregionTemenos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Well

TYPE

1.    Well.   Hood and Smyth [1981], 44    'Minoan Well immediately north-west of Villa Ariadne...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan IA: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Hood and Smyth [1981]: 44, 'M. M. I A well, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Hood and Smyth [1981]:  Hood, Sinclair and David Smyth. ‘Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area’, The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes, No. 14, Archaeological Survey of the Knossos Area, pp. i-x & 1-69, 1981, ' 133 (80). MINOAN WELL', pg. 44. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5556 is at 35.33393° N, 25.19138° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 774 m.