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Berniquaut

Iron-Age oppidum
Type
Iron-Age oppidum

Berniquaut

Pleiades ID: 246240

settlement

Description

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 H2 Berniquaut

See Further

  • BAtlas 25 H2 Berniquaut
    Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.
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  • CAG 81.288

Creators & Contributors

S.J. Keay R.W. Mathisen H.S. Sivan R. Talbert T. Elliott Sean Gillies

Citation Information

S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen, and H.S. Sivan. "Berniquaut" Pleiades, 20 October 2012. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246240.
Last modified: 2012-10-20T23:52:41Z

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (PECS)

PECS Reference

SORÈZE Tarn, France.

The oppidum of Berniquaut, on a spur of the Montagne Noire, dominates the plain of Sorèze and Revel from a height of 300 m. The site was a natural fortress. Investigations since 1967 have shown that the site was occupied throughout the Iron Age and until the beginning of our era. It was abandoned during the centuries of the Pax Romana, but was reoccupied in the 3d c. and remained in use throughout the early Middle Ages. Excavations have cleared a dry stone rampart (1.2-1.4 m thick) with bastion and postern. It was rebuilt several times; at present, it cannot be dated.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

M. Labrousse, “Informations,” Gallia 26 (1968) 555; 28 (1970) 436; 30 (1972) 508.

M. LABROUSSE

Location

43.4423459, 2.0713583