Castell de la Fosca or Punta del Castell is an
ancient Iberian
The Iberians ( la, Hibērī, from el, Ἴβηρες, ''Iberes'') were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among ...
settlement or oppidum sited on a rocky
promontory at the north end of the beach called Platja de Castell, about ENE of
Palamós
Palamós () is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamós is located at the northern end of a large bay. The town is by-passed by th ...
(
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.
Portal Gironí d'Història i Genealogia
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Gallery
File:Castell de la Fosca.jpg, Ruined stone columns
File:Castell de la Fosca panorama.jpg, View of the promontory
File:Poblado ibérico de Castell - Palamós.JPG, The entrance from Platja de Castell
See also
*Indigetes
The Indigetes (Latin: ''indigetes'' or ''indigetae'' or ''Indiketes'') were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the eastern side of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language.
They occu ...
References
External links
* {{cite web, title=Panoramic view of the Iberian village, url=http://www.stponline.com/360/palamos-2.htm, website=Panoràmiques 360º, accessdate=28 June 2016, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328122112/http://www.stponline.com/360/palamos-2.htm, archivedate=28 March 2009, url-status=dead (Panoramic view of the Iberian village)
Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
Archaeological sites in Catalonia
6th-century BC establishments
Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century BC
Former populated places in Spain
Baix Empordà
1st-century disestablishments
Ruins in Spain
Iberians