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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: ZvonigradCountry: Bosnia
NOTE: This site is 29.002 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Mostar Nearest Village: Gornji Polog
Latitude: 43.379539N Longitude: 17.690500E
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 |
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The recently identified remains of an Iron Age hillfort built by the ancient Illyrian hellenic 'tribe' Daorsi - who are better known for their ancient iron age town - Daorson or Osanici (gr: ΔΑΟΡΣΩΝ) near Stolac in southeast Herzegovina.
This hillfort is a real mystery and this location is not investigated hardly at all, but many treasure hunters have been here and there has been illegal digging. There are some parts of the walls with preserved megalithic large blocks of cretaceous limestone.
Most interesting is the geomorphology and geology of the site, which tells that ancient Illyrians had a very good knowledge of geology or stone characteristics. So, they built this hillfort or mayby town-Zvonigrad on a place with characteristic of limestone layers which are the best natural position wachtowers and fortress.
Location: 7.6 km WNW from Mostar city. 200-500 m W from Gornji Polog village, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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