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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Le Mourral MillegrandCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 5.67 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Languedoc:Aude (11) Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Trebes
Latitude: 43.196100N Longitude: 2.484400E
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 archaeologist who searched it, Jean Vaquer, called it simply 'a fortified languedocian late neolithic site', but it is highly unusual in its construction. It featured two concentric earth-banks 66 m. in diameter and a wide ditch plus wooden palisade.
Inside, the remains of three buildings have been identified from preserved post-holes . The largest, to the north, must have measured nearly 30 m long and 9 m. wide.
The site is located on a hill of 112 metres/350 ft overlooking the Aude river valley, just south of the D610 a few kilometers to the east of Trebes.
For my translation of Vaquer's survey summary plus digital renderings, plans and aerial views visit www.dolmen.wordpress.com
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