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<< Our Photo Pages >> Citânia de Briteiros - Castro or Chafurdão in Portugal in Braga

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Citânia de Briteiros
Country: Portugal Distrito: Braga Type: Castro or Chafurdão
Nearest Town: Guimarães  Nearest Village: Salvador de Briteiros
Latitude: 41.527900N  Longitude: 8.3161W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Jansold visited on 15th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 An extensive hillfort mainly of Iron Age, excavations have revealed evidence of settlement, from the Bronze to Middle Ages.

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Armand : Site in North Portugal. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Citânia de Briteiros is a Castro in the community of Salvador de Briteiros near the town of Guimarães, District of Braga.
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Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Jansold : Detail of stone wall construction (Vote or comment on this photo)

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Armand : Site in North Portugal. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Jansold : General view (Vote or comment on this photo)

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Armand : Site in North Portugal. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Armand

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff : Site in Braga Portugal

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff : The Celtic council meeting circle.

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff : Site in Braga Portugal

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by durhamnature : House at Briteiros, via archive.org Site in North Portugal Portugal

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Armand : Site in North Portugal.

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff : Site in Braga Portugal

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by AmelseJeff : Citânia de Briteiros, Portugal. Celtic/Roman village near Guimarães. Largest and one of the best preserved Celtic/Roman sites in Portugal. You can tell the Celtic homes from the Roman homes. The Celts built round homes. The Romans were Square Heads. Huge site. 37 hectares with streets, and Roman baths. The Celts were all over Northern Portugal. There are many nearby sites.

Citânia de Briteiros Stamp
Citânia de Briteiros Stamp submitted by Boeddel : A stamp I had years ago on a letter from portugal with a "Citânia de Briteiros" motiv. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6340776 Photo by Bøddel

Citânia de Briteiros
Citânia de Briteiros submitted by Armand : Site in North Portugal

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Re: Citânia de Briteiros by Alta-Falisa on Monday, 19 May 2014
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More reading (in French) :
http://www.ablogjeanfloch.com/article-briteiros-une-cite-de-l-age-du-fer-au-portugal-42296535.html
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Re: Citânia de Briteiros by Armand on Tuesday, 14 December 2010
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latitude: 41.526448
longitude: -8.313524
accuracy: 5
condition: 2
ambience: 4
access: 5
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