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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Casteddu d'Araggiu Alternative Name: Castellu d'AraghjuCountry: France Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Porto Vecchio Nearest Village: Araghju
Latitude: 41.647895N Longitude: 9.262123E
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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The Casteddu d'Araggiu dates from 2000BC and is well preserved. The entrance allows you to wonder at how important the fort must have been, as the corridor is 10m long, roofed over with massive stone slabs. The corridor leads into an enclosure with several interior rooms, and steps leading up onto the thick walls. The foundations of the torre, tower, also remain, and the views over the Golfe de Porto Vecchio are incredible!
The track up to the fort is steep and rough through maquis and scrub, study footwear is advisable, although we did see someone try to climb up in flip flops, she turned back.... The walk takes about 30 minutes (take some water).
From Porto Vecchio take the D198 for 5 km then turn left on the D759 for 4km to the carpark in the village of Araghju.
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