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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grodzisko Wietrzno - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Poland in Podkarpackie

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 28 August 2019  Page Views: 858

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Grodzisko Wietrzno Alternative Name: Grodzisko Bóbrka; Grodzisko Wały
Country: Poland Voivodeship: Podkarpackie Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Krosno  Nearest Village: Wietrzno
Latitude: 49.611600N  Longitude: 21.710787E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
0No data.
3 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 Wietrzno
Grodzisko Wietrzno submitted by SolarMegalith : Fourth (innermost) line of earthworks of the fort in Wietrzno (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort in Podkarpackie

A significant Tribal period fort occupies a promontory north of the village of Wietrzno. Four lines of ramparts and moats cut off the promontory from the easiest approach (west). This type of stronghold constituting of several sectors and oval or sub-oval in shape is called Wietrzno type, it is represented also by the forts in Sielnica and Braciejowa.

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 Wietrzno
Grodzisko Wietrzno submitted by SolarMegalith : Moat of the first line of earthworks (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grodzisko Wietrzno
Grodzisko Wietrzno submitted by SolarMegalith : Grodzisko Wietrzno - fourth (innermost) line of earthworks cutting off the promontory (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grodzisko Wietrzno
Grodzisko Wietrzno submitted by SolarMegalith : Third line of earthworks - view from the rampart into the moat with the second line visible in the background (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grodzisko Wietrzno
Grodzisko Wietrzno submitted by SolarMegalith : Second line of earthworks with well-preserved rampart and moat (photo taken on August 2019). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grodzisko Wietrzno
Grodzisko Wietrzno submitted by SolarMegalith : Grodzisko in Wietrzno - first (outermost) line of earthworks (photo taken on August 2019).

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