Castra of Ighiu

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Castra of Ighiu
Location within Romania
Known also as Castra of Măgulici [1]
Founded unknown[2][3]
Abandoned unknown[2][3]
Place in the Roman world
Roman province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth [4] structure —
Size and area 41 m x 50 m (0.2 [1] ha)
Location
Place name Măgulici
Town Ighiu
County Alba
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI AB-I-s-B-00048 [3]
RO-RAN 4936.01 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Discovery year 1956 [1]
Condition Ruined
Archaeologists Mihail Macrea

The Castra of Ighiu was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia.[2][3] Its dating is uncertain.[2][3] The traces of the one time earthwork can be identified on the Măguligici Hill in Ighiu (Romania).[2][3]

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Măguligici Hill

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Castrul roman de la Măgulici, de Dan Anghel
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "4936.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 07-01-2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")". Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 11. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 01-10-2010. Retrieved 07-01-2013. 
  4. ↑ Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")". Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian) (Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie) 12: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Retrieved 07-01-2013. 

Coordinates: 46°07′45″N 23°29′43″E / 46.12917°N 23.49528°E / 46.12917; 23.49528

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