<< Our Photo Pages >> Magura Uroiului - Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania
Submitted by mfrincu on Monday, 14 September 2015 Page Views: 2756
Multi-periodSite Name: Magura UroiuluiCountry: Romania Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Simeria Nearest Village: Uroi
Latitude: 45.859890N Longitude: 23.045239E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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mfrincu visited on 5th Sep 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Archaeological digs are still taking place. Several defensive earth walls are visible.
At the site, the surrounding earth wall can still be seen and recently archaeologists helped by students from US dug a unique grave in Romania where only remains of women and children have been found. The grave is located in the neolithic layer under the Dacian and Iron/Bronze Age layers. Among the skeletons, animal remains have been found all of which are anatomically linked, meaning the animals have not been dismembered before being put in the graveyard. The mystery of the missing men still puzzles archaeologists.
The earth wall shows signs of burning on its weakest point located on flat ground. This may seem to indicate that the place has been besieged and the palisade has been set on fire.
Pottery and arrow tips from the Cucuteni period can still be found here and archaeologists are actively working on this site.
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