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DigsSite Name: Rondel Enclosures near KolinCountry: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 9.516 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Bohemia Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Nearest Town: Kolin
Latitude: 50.023889N Longitude: 15.204444E
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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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Causewayed Enclosure in Bohemia. Czech archaeologists have uncovered four prehistoric rondel enclosures, two of which are the largest in Europe, within an unprecedented extensive research accompanying the construction of a motorway bypass of Kolin
The locationis central Bohemia, chief researcher Radka Sumberova told CTK today.
After examining 40 hectares on land, the experts gathered hundreds of thousands of finds. The most important ones include the four rondel enclosures.
The enclosures, of a circle or oval shape and usually of 50 to 200 metres in diameter, appeared in Europe in the Neolithic period. Their inner space was not inhabited. Experts believe they might have served for cult, military or trade purposes.
Over 100 rondel enclosures have been uncovered in Europe to date, including several in the Czech Republic.
Two of the enclosures that archaeologists have uncovered near Kolin are 214 and 230 meters in diameter. The former was surrounded by four ditches, the biggest being 4.5m deep and 14m long, Sumberova said.
The other two enclosures uncovered within the Kolin research in the past two years are 80 and 75 meters in diameter.
Besides Neolithic finds, the experts uncovered a number of valuable remains of settlements from the Paleolithic period, from the Bronze and Iron Ages, from the Roman era and the early Middle Ages, Sumberova said.
Experts will further examine all finds.
Source, with photo: Ceske Noviny
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