Ki-demang.com : Candi

Situs Gatak kini hanya menyisakan 3 buah yoni yang semua ceratnya telah terbelah dan juga sebaran batu candi yang tersebar hingga di dusun tetangga, kini keberadaan situs inipun sungguh memprihatinkan, sisa-sisa artefak di biarkan tercecer dimana-mana.

Kemungkinan yoni-yoni tersebut dahulu diatasnya terdapat sebuah arca yang besar, sebab bisa dilihat dari bagian dalam yoni yang mempunyai kedalaman yang amat dalam.
Seperti halnya yoni yang jadi alas arca ganesa di Candi Gebang. namun bila memang benar yoni tersebut digunakan sebagai alas arca, sungguh disayangkan bila arcanya telah menghilang, bisa dipastikan arca tersebut begitu besar dan juga indah.

Secara administratif situs Gatak berada di dusun Gatak, Bokoharjo, Prambanan, Yogyakarta.
Jalur yang tergampang menuju dusun ini ialah dengan berpedoman pada jalur Yogja Piyungan, setelah lurus sebelum belokan menuju bukit Ratu Boko belok kiri, dan ikuti tower Telkom berwarna merah, sebab situs Gatak berada di sekeliling tower tersebut.

Sumber : http://nyariwatu.blogspot.com/2010/07/situs-gatak.html

Administrative localization:

Gatak, Bokoharjo, Prambanan, Sleman, DIY.

Geographical localization:

07° 45' 41.23'' S129
110° 29' 24.3'' E
Precision: 30m
Alt.: 140m

Surroundings:

In lowland, on flat ground, roughly 400m to the east of kali Opak, not far from the northernmost tip of Gunung Kidul (700m to the south). The site is located 700m to the east of gunung Mijil, 750m to the west of candi Sojiwan and 1000m to the south-southwest of Loro Jonggrang.

Religion: Hindu.
Main features: Single temple.
State of preservation: Scattered stones.

Description/sculptures:

The only visible remains are three yoni scattered in a garden and in a courtyard. In the direct neighbourhood of these yoni, numerous candi stones are to be seen; none is carved. The stones are nowadays used as fences.
Further to the south were remains of a temple. It was excavated in 1984 and then recovered by an extension of the nearby school (Laporan Gatak 1984). Among the stones, were found part of a stair, blocks carved with garland (B748e), fragments of sculptures (B748f) and three other yoni (B768, B769, B771) (Laporan inventarisasi Madurejo dan Bokoharjo; Hasil pengumpulan Prambanan).
Inscriptions:
Hoepermans would also have found a stone inscription in the village (Verbeek 1891: 178).

Miscellaneous archaeological finds:
The temple pit was dug out and a peripih was found at its bottom. The square deposit box contained fragments of gold, remains of a golden elephant, a pot and sand (Laporan penggalian Gatak 1984).

Sumber : Candi Space and Landscape - Véronique Myriam Yvonne Degroot