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Piatra Roșie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costești-Cetățuie fortress, at Luncani in Boșorod commune, Hunedoara County. It was built in two phases. In the first phase a long (102 m) rectangular main citadel was built at the height of land[2] with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls.[3] It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.[4]

  • Panoramic view from the fortress
    Panoramic view from the fortress
  • Paved road
    Paved road
  • Tower
    Tower
  • Roots
    Roots
  • Fallen blocks
    Fallen blocks
  • Red rock
    Red rock
  • Fortress plan
    Fortress plan

Artefacts

  • Dacian artefact from site.
    Dacian artefact from site.
  • Dacian shield (1st century BC) found on site – on display in the Roman Museum Manching.
    Dacian shield (1st century BC) found on site – on display in the Roman Museum Manching.
  • Dacian roasting spit (1st century BC) found on site – on display in the Roman Museum Manching.
    Dacian roasting spit (1st century BC) found on site – on display in the Roman Museum Manching.

References

  1. ^ "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Hunedoara County" (PDF). www.inmi.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ Aerial photograph shows hill at Luncani. Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, page 81, ISBN 0-415-41252-8
  3. ^ MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pages 58–60, ISBN 0-8078-1226-9
  4. ^ Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, page 95, ISBN 0-415-41252-8

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