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Multi-periodSite Name: Abul
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 19.364 km away from the location you searched for.
Distrito: Setúbal Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Alcácer do Sal Nearest Village: Alcácer do Sal
Latitude: 38.428332N Longitude: 8.681758W
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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

2 Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 Access:

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
0	no data

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Bak_teria visited on 3rd Oct 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2

Ancient Phoenician Dock and Industrial settlement, and Roman era Amphorae Industry, in Setúbal district, Portugal

Abul was an original Phoenician industrial settlement built at the VII and VI century BC (Iron Age). Later it was also used by the Romans. At the beginning of the 1st century AD was also installed in the same place a furnace for producing a certain type of amphorae known as Dressel 14. This industrial production have been running until the mid 3rd century AD. This site was excavated during the last decade of the twentieth century in the Lower Sado area, between Alcacer do Sal and Setúbal, under a Portuguese-French program on fish salting industries from the Lower Sado. The site is classified as MN - Monumento Nacional (National Monument) and is located in a protection zone.
Although it has a protective status, this monument is pretty much abandoned.

About the two phases of occupation
The site was used as a natural port in a estuarine environment, endowed with conditions of anchorage and dry dock, allowing a port transit associable with the establishment of the Phoenician era. The advantages of the strategic position of the site made it also a good place for the industry of amphorae production in the Roman era.
In the first phase of occupation were built some wall lines with about 1.5m of maximum width, into which was acceded by a rectangular tower located west. All structures erected inside are in a rectangular shape and are organized around a central courtyard.
The second occupational phase will have elapsed from the need to expand the inner zone, carried out by dismantling the west and south side, while restricting the area of the central courtyard.

About the access
The access is open and can be made by car but only if you are ready to try some offroad. The best way to get to the site is going by foot but prepare yourself for a 4.5km walk. The rice fields are beautiful and the views from the river bank are stunning. Unfortunately the river is a little bit poluted and the vegetation has overtaken the Abul site.

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- DGPC
- Portal do Arqueólogo
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