Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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 landAerial photograph shows hill at Luncani. Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, page 81, with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls.MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pages 58–60, It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, page 95, Read more on Wikipedia
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