Category: Castro Hillfort

Aug 02

The hero archetype and Lugh

Filed under Breogans, Britain, Bronze Age, Castro Hillfort, Celtic Gods, Celtic Life, Celtic Tribes, Dark Ages, Dragons, Early Christian, Early Medieval, France, Giants, Ireland, Iron Age, Lugh, Medieval, Mercury, Mesolithic, Myth and Legend, Neolithic, Palaeolithic, Portugal, Roman, Roman Culture, Roman Gods, Spain, The Devil, Viking, Wales

At its core the “hero” is the figure who steps out of ordinary society, confronts chaos or a monster, and returns (or dies) having secured order for the group. In Jungian and comparative-myth terms it sits in the “warrior-champion” slot of the collective story-board; evolutionists would say it crystallises the survival value of decisive coalition leadership in small bands.

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Castro de Trona fort – Pontevedra, Spain

Filed under Brigantia, Brigantia Espania, Castro Hillfort, Fort, Late Iron Age, New Sites, Roman, Terraces

Castro de Trona is an oval enclosure with significant terracing to the west and a large ditch to the east. This castro (a hillfort settlement) has an accepted date of around 600 BCE. Like many others in Galicia, this castro reached its peak during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. It measures approximately 200 metres east to west by 150 metres north to south.

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Jun 10

Guide: Hillfort Mounds of Europe

Filed under Archaeology, Castro Hillfort, Contour/Plateau Fort, Europe, Guide, Hidden Remains, Hill Fort, Landscape Archaeology, Landscape feature, Multivallete Hillfort, New Sites, Oppidum, Promontory fort, Slavic Gord, Univallet Hillfort, Vitrified Fort

Guide: Common Features of Iron Age Hillforts This article attempts to serve as a guide for many of the features of the hillforts found in Britain, in Read more Guide: Iron-Age minting: Ceramic Pellet-mould trays This article explores the most tangible evidence we possess for indigenous minting north of the Humber: the smashed ceramic “pellet-mould” …

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PUBLIC-9BF5A2 BELL POST MEDIEVAL

A fragment of a cast one-piece copper-alloy early post-Medieval animal (crotal) bell. The suspension loop is integral, trapezoidal in shape and drilled. The upper hemisphere is broken across the opposing sound holes and has sunburst or [...]

PUBLIC-9BE449 BELL POST MEDIEVAL

A complete copper-alloy one-piece crotal bell of post-medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The bell is spherical and hollow, separated into two hemispheres by an integral raised circumferential ridge. An integral sub-rectangular attachment loop projects [...]

PUBLIC-9ABCF2 BUTTON POST MEDIEVAL

A complete copper-alloy button of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 - 1700. The object is heart-shaped with a thick rectangular profile. The sides of the heart bend forward from a central groove (possibly not [...]

PUBLIC-9A9814 COIN POST MEDIEVAL

A worn silver halfgroat of James I of England (AD 1603-1625), struck at the Tower of London between AD 1603-4. Thistle initial mark. North N2076. [...]

PUBLIC-9A6422 BUTTON POST MEDIEVAL

A cast copper-alloy discoidal button with integral loop dating to the post-medieval period, c. AD 1700-1800. The button is formed in one piece and is decorated on the fron face with a central rose design [...]

PUBLIC-9A1860 COIN IRON AGE

A complete and little worn Iron Age silver unit of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus c. 20 BC - AD 10 (Haselgrove Phase 7). "Braided hair" type. Obverse: Head left with [...]

PUBLIC-9961C6 COIN MEDIEVAL

A worn silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), voided long-cross type dating to c. AD 1250-1256. Struck by the moneyer Randulf in Bury St Edmonds, Class 5b-c, North no. 992-993. [...]

PUBLIC-9915E8 BROOCH ROMAN

A foot from a cast copper-alloy bow brooch dating to the later first or second century AD. The foot retains the catchplate and the lower bow has a raised central ridge. Due to being fragmentary, [...]

PUBLIC-9902F8 BELL POST MEDIEVAL

A small fragment of a cast copper-alloy spherical animal bell (crotal bell) of Post-medieval date (AD 1600-1800). The bell would have comprised two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join and a rectangular attachment loop. There are signs [...]

PUBLIC-98D97E COIN ROMAN

A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman radiate, probably a barabrous radiate dating to the period AD 275-285. Reece Period 14. [...]

SUR-88D654 COIN MEDIEVAL

A silver Medieval half groat of Edward IV, first reign, light issue, type IX dating to 1464-1470. Rose initial mark and trefoils by neck of obverse bust. Canterbury mint, royal issue. As North 1589. [...]

SUR-88BB03 COIN POST MEDIEVAL

A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), ermine initial mark and dated 1572. London Tower mint. As North (1991), p134, number 1997. [...]

NMS-88B3F8 BROOCH ROMAN

A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy brooch, interpreted as a trumpet derivative of Wroxeter type, dating to AD 75-200. The surviving element comprises the head, upper decorative projection and a reduced bow/foot. The head is box-like [...]

SUR-88794C BROOCH EARLY MEDIEVAL

A fragment of a cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably a radiate-headed type dating from the mid sixth century AD. Only the foot plate remains; this is triangular with flanking knops at the junction with [...]

NMS-883CAB COIN MEDIEVAL

A Medieval silver penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327), Withers Type 30, North Class 11, not further defined,dating to AD 1310-1314. Mint of London: Ref: Withers and Withers 2001: 32. [...]

NMS-87F07C SPUR POST MEDIEVAL

An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy rowel spur dating to circa AD 1600-1700. The spur consists of a small portion of both arms - terminating in old breaks - neck, and rowel box. The box is projects from the upper [...]

NMS-87CCF1 WEIGHT MEDIEVAL

A complete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy loom weight dating to circa AD 1200- 1800. It is circular in plan and rectangular in section. It has a central hole of 10mm in diameter. Weights of this [...]

NMS-87B6D9 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL

An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1250-150. The extant piece consists of the pin, likely from an annular buckle.The pin shaft is rectangular-sectioned. It has a loop at one and tapers into [...]

NMS-872FFC FINGER RING MEDIEVAL

A complete Medieval to Post Medieval signet ring dating to circa AD 1400-1600. The ring comprises a broadly circular hoop with expanded sub-oval bezel when viewed from underneath. The shoulders and hoop are plain. The hoop [...]

NMS-870221 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL

An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1350-1550. The surviving piece consists of the frame. It is circular in plan with a central offset bar creating two D-shaped loops. The frame is plano-convex [...]

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