Celtic Castle on Jakob's Hill
Celtic Castle on Jakob's Hill | |
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Jakabhegyi földvár | |
Hallstatt Culture Pannonian Celts | |
Height | 6–10 m (ruins) |
The Jakab Hill castle was an early Iron Age castle built as a circular rampart of earth and stone[1] in the Mecsek, on the Jakab Hill, Hungary. The Celtic was situated on the Jakab-hegy overlooking the Drave flood plain. The ruins of a Pauline Monastery is situated within the old ramparts of the castle.[2] The ruins of the monastery, which is located in the middle of the castle, are visible and preserved. The shape castle wall is visible in the satellite images.
History
The largest Iron Age castle of the
Features
The two-part fortification was surrounded by 6–10 m (20–33 ft) high stone and earth wall with the southerly wall, that overlooks a cliff, lower. The second fortification part is roughly 5 km (3.1 mi) long system of ramparts forming an outer ring. The within the main fortification is approx. 300 to 550 by 800 meters. The main fortification has a secondary rampart within it that divided it into two sections, lower part of the 400 x 250-meter contained some sort of "acropolis".
One of the original gates of the castle opens to the west of the acropolis. The other gate is on the south-east side.[3]
In front of the castle, at the site of a former Bronze Age settlement, the graveyard of the Iron Age settlement was discovered, which is still recognizable under the trees of the forest with its stone-laid tombs and the cremation rituals with stone circles surrounding them. The side easiest to approach of the fortress was protected by the highest rampart sections.[4]
Inhabitants
Its inhabitants were the people of the Early Iron
Pauline Monastery
The
Gallery
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Intersection of the remains of the large wall
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Reconstruction of the (T3) gate of the Celtic Castle of Dünsberg
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Ruins of the Pauline Monastery built within the castle area
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Ancient tribes in the middle Danube river basin around 1st C. BCE
See also
- Heidenmauer (Palatinate)
- de:Ringwallanlage Dünsberg
- de:Alteburg (Biebergemünd)
- de:Höhensiedlung Burg in Schwarzenbach
- de:Ringwallanlage Daubhaus
References
- ^ Máté Szabó. "Aerial archaeological research in Hungary in 2011". Régészeti Kutatások Magyarországon - Archaeological Research in Hungary (in Hungarian and English). 2011. 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 14–16.: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum - Hungarian National Museum: 326, 328. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ BuzÁs GERGELY. "Pécs, Jakab-hegy, pálos kolostorrom - Pécs, Jakab Hill, my Pauline monastery". Régészeti Kutatások Magyarországon - Archaeological Research in Hungary (in Hungarian and English). 2007. 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 14–16.: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum - Hungarian National Museum: 257–260. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Pető Ákos; Gáti Csilla. "ADATOK A PÉCS-JAKAB-HEGY TERÜLETÉN VÉGZETT RÉGÉSZETI TALAJTANI ÉS TOPOGRÁFIAI VIZSGÁLATOKHOZ". Magyar Régészet (in Hungarian). 2016: 14–22.
- ^ Gáti Csilla. "LÉGI LÉZERSZKENNELÉS EREDMÉNYEI A PÉCS MELLETTI JAKAB-HEGYEN- Results from LIDAR evaluation of the Jakob's Hill Castle" (PDF). Magyar Régészet. 2017: 11–20. Retrieved 6 March 2019.