Castra of Ighiu

Castra of Ighiu
Castra of Ighiu is located in Romania
Castra of Ighiu
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Măgulici[1]
Foundedunknown[2][3]
Abandonedunknown[2][3]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth[4] structure —
Size and area41 m × 50 m (0.2[1] ha)
Location
Coordinates46°07′45.53″N 23°29′42.59″E / 46.1293139°N 23.4951639°E / 46.1293139; 23.4951639
Place nameMăgulici
TownIghiu
CountyAlba
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIAB-I-s-B-00048[3]
RO-RAN4936.01[2]
UNESCO
Part ofFrontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
CriteriaCultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference1718-027
Inscription2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition UNESCO World Heritage Site
National Historical Monument
Discovery year1956[1]
ConditionRuined
ArchaeologistsMihail 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 earthwork can be identified on the Măguligici Hill in Ighiu (Romania).[2][3]

Măguligici Hill

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Castrul roman de la Măgulici, de Dan Anghel
  2. ^ a b c d e f "4936.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010" [2010 List of Historic Monuments]. Romania's Official Journal, Part I (670). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional: 11. 1 October 2010.
  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). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097.
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