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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów) - Hillfort in Poland in Malopolskie

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 28 August 2019  Page Views: 796

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów)
Country: Poland
NOTE: This site is 15.677 km away from the location you searched for.

Voivodeship: Malopolskie Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Tarnów  Nearest Village: Zawada
Latitude: 49.984834N  Longitude: 21.002716E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów)
Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów) submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart and moat in the NE part of the fort (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Malopolskie

A large early medieval (Tribal period) hillfort occupies a hill south of the houses of Zawada village. The earthworks survived in eastern and northern part of the fort, in other parts they are mostly leveled. Five sectors of the rampart constructed wit hdifferent techniques were distinguished here. For example, rampart 2 was made of earth and clay with timbers placed along it, while rapart 5 was built with the use sandwich construction.

Reference:
Dziedzic P. (2001). Frühmittelalterlicher Burgwall in Przeczyca, kr. Dębica in "Quellen zur slawischen Besiedlung im Karpatengebeit", p. 19-60, edited by Michał Parczewski. Kraków: Polnische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste.
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Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów)
Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów) submitted by SolarMegalith : Top part of the rampart in the northern part of the hillfort (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów)
Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów) submitted by SolarMegalith : Interior of the hillfort with trees marking line of earthworks (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów)
Grodzisko Zawada (Tarnów) submitted by SolarMegalith : Hill with the grodzisko seen from the north (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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