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<< Text Pages >> Castels Oppidum - Ancient Village or Settlement in France in Languedoc:Gard (30)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3505

Multi-periodSite Name: Castels Oppidum
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 7.778 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nîmes  Nearest Village: St-Dionisy
Latitude: 43.802000N  Longitude: 4.238000E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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On the top of the hill to the southeast of St-Dionisy are the remains of an oppidum. This is a nice looking hillrising steeply from the plains, and with what looks to be a sculpted top.



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Re: Castels Oppidum by Anonymous on Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The Castels oppidum is another name for the Oppidum of Nages, or rather the other way round.
See http://www.gerard-verhoest.com/oppida.htm for a fuller description

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