Castell de la Fosca

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41°51′37″N 3°9′32″E / 41.86028°N 3.15889°E / 41.86028; 3.15889TypesettlementHistoryFounded6th century BCAbandoned1st century ADCulturesIberian IndigetesSite notesArchaeologistsLluís Barceló i BouConditionruinOwnershipGeneralitat de CatalunyaManagementArchaeology Museum of CataloniaPublic accessyes

Castell de la Fosca or Punta del Castell is an ancient Iberian settlement or oppidum sited on a rocky promontory at the north end of the beach called Platja de Castell, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) ENE of Palamós (Baix Empordà), on the Costa Brava.

The settlement, which seems to have been inhabited from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, was protected by a wall and two square towers. Archaeologists, first in the 1930s and 1940s, and now in a series of excavations begun in 2001, have discovered 64 storage pits and two water cisterns, as well as pottery, amphorae (both locally made and imported), millstones, weights for fishing nets, lamps, agricultural tools and surgical instruments, coins, pieces of bronze, Iberian inscriptions, and the bases of two columns.[1]

Gallery

  • Ruined stone columns
    Ruined stone columns
  • View of the promontory
    View of the promontory
  • The entrance from Platja de Castell
    The entrance from Platja de Castell

See also

  • Indigetes

References

  1. ^ Portal Gironí d'Història i Genealogia

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castell de la Fosca.
  • "Panoramic view of the Iberian village". Panoràmiques 360º. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2016. (Panoramic view of the Iberian village)
  • Poblat Indiketa de la PUNTA del CASTELL