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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Zvonigrad - fortification wall Alternative Name: Gornji PologCountry: Bosnia
NOTE: This site is 42.299 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Široki Brijeg Nearest Village: Gornji Polog
Latitude: 43.379349N Longitude: 17.690399E
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 |
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Hillfort in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Here is the western part of the the Illyrian fortress Zvonigrad - where it is a real-cyclopean megalithic wall length of about 180 meters. The wall is quite destroyed, but in some parts clearly see the entire construction of the wall complex. The style construction of the wall greatly resembles the Hellenistic-Illyrian method of construction of the wall in the already famous Illyrian-Hellenistic city DAORSON, suggesting that this fort originates probably from the same Iron age period-Hellenism - 4th - 1st century BC. The inhabitants were members of indigenous Illyrians who adopted Hellenistic concept of living, because they were in communication with them. Maybe even this is a Hellenistic-Illyrian tribe Daorsi. The greatest potential lies in the fact that this DAORSON similar fortifications, boredom is never investigated, nor the the narrow area cleared or the megalithic wall excavated - which this Hellenistic-Illyrian fortress is still kind of a mystery and it is the future big tourist potential.
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