Mysterious ruins in the desert

Found this randomly while looking around in the Mauritanian desert. Looks like the ruins of something... If you zoom down into the crater feature you'll see ruins of buildings and the remains of some kind of wall to the west. Looked around for info on the area but couldn't find anything.   earth.google.com/web/@19.94902338,-13.40005497,204.72599822a,845.36724314d,35y,0h,15.09543013t,360r

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Hi and welcome titus !

Nice spotting of abandoned sheperd huts and  further herding facilities, also dark spots of burial mounds around there! 

But most interesting for me is that great, round geological structure where all this ancient, pastoral scenery takes place. 

Pity, until tomorrow I cannot check for more on a desktop - Google Earth...! 
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Ideally checking Google Earth Community layer (and other GE Pro layers) is a precondition of posting a kmz placemark, thus also you might start with that!... (:

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I have checked: no further info at site available by GE layers.



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However also I have spotted some operating farmsteads nearby, at >>19°56'42.68"N, 13°25'42.61"W<<



operating farmsteads - Mauritania.kmz (716 B)

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Aug 1, 2019 21:35:17 GMT syzygy said:

Hi and welcome titus !

Nice spotting of abandoned sheperd huts and  further herding facilities, also dark spots of burial mounds around there! 

But most interesting for me is that great, round geological structure where all this ancient, pastoral scenery takes place. 

Pity, until tomorrow I cannot check for more on a desktop - Google Earth...! 
...

Ideally checking Google Earth Community layer (and other GE Pro layers) is a precondition of posting a kmz placemark, thus also you might start with that!... (:

******************
EDIT:
I have checked: no further info at site available by GE layers.

Looks like the small sibling of the Richat Structure.

Indeed similar to the Pichat structure, probably both are a a deeply eroded, almost  circular,  dome in the bedrock.  The rock was domed up there for some reason.