<< Our Photo Pages >> Arauzona Hillfort - Hillfort in Croatia
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Arauzona Hillfort Alternative Name: Velika MrdakovicaCountry: Croatia
NOTE: This site is 10.834 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Sibenik Nearest Village: Zaton
Latitude: 43.804440N Longitude: 15.792450E
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 |
0 | No data. |
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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Hillfort in Croatia
This was an iron age Hillfort that continued to prosper after Roman conquest. Arauzona was mentioned by Plinius the elder. It was abandoned in the 3rd century as inhabitants are though to have moved to Zaton, a nearby town. There are the remains of parts of the town wall, the entrance to the south, the cisterns as well as the foundations to some houses as this Hillfort is pretty much destroyed. The house of the farmer living beneath it uses the same type of stone. Photos from digs in the 70's seemed more impressive. The eastern wall was entirely man made, but western wall was based on the foundation of a natural stone ridge.140 Meters Altitude.
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