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Iberian Settlement of Puig de Castellet

Lloret de Mar, Selva, Girona

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Iberian Settlement of Puig de Castellet

Curiosity · Lloret de Mar, Selva, Girona

Fortified Iberian settlement on the promontory of Puig de Castellet, 2 km from Lloret de Mar (la Selva), on the Turó de Rossell, where the hill served as a natural defence and possible watchtower. It dates from the 3rd century BC and was active for less than fifty years, between 250 and 200 BC, by which time it was already abandoned. It preserves a pentagonal precinct, adapted to the terrain, of about 650 square metres, with eleven rectangular spaces around the perimeter; the central area, free of buildings, served as a passageway and for wells, rubbish pits and an oven, with the entrance to the east. It has yielded handmade and wheel-turned Iberian pottery — partly imported from Athens and Magna Graecia — together with pieces from Greece, Italy and Carthage, and stone tools for polishing, grinding or used as loom weights.

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