<< Our Photo Pages >> Oppidum d' Ensérune - Ancient Village or Settlement in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Oppidum d' EnséruneCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 6.052 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Béziers Nearest Village: Nissan-lez-Enserune
Latitude: 43.310338N Longitude: 3.115180E
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 |
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| 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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It is just off the RN9 in the Hérault département, between Béziers and Narbonne, on a hill overlooking the ancient Étang of Montady. This ancient hill-town can be found near the modern village of Nissan-lez-Enserune, near to the Canal du Midi and to an old Roman road, the Domitian Way (Via Domitia).
Occupation dates from the late Bronze Age and the early Iron Age (8th and 9th centuries B.C.), which were periods of change in the ways of living of the proto-historic populations of what is now southern France. In its earliest phase it consisted of huts made of perishable materials arranged without any apparent order. The settlement of people on large elevated sites known as oppida, followed a long period of semi-nomadism.
The oppidum at Ensérune was occupied continuously from the 6th century BC to the beginning of the first century AD. It was restructured and fortified twice, first during the intensification of trade in the 5th century and then again at the end of the 3rd century when the habitations covered the whole plateau. It was at this time that the settlement experienced its most important development.
More information here: https://www.midi-france.info/1001b_enserune.htm
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