The fortress had 30 towers and a defensive wall.
Led by Spanish archaeologists, a fifth-century fortress surrounded by a substantial defensive wall has been found, according to a new study.
As reported, what was once believed to be an Iron Age hillfort in northwest Spain debouched an early medieval stronghold constructed in the fifth century A.D. Archaeologists used laser scans to determine it.Archaeologists in northwest Spain were able to locate the fortress on a hilltop thanks to LIDAR . An early medieval fortress covering about 25 acres was discovered using this technique, which bounces hundreds of thousands of laser pulses off the ground from an aircraft flying overhead.
Fernández-Pereiro and José Carlos Sánchez-Pardo, a USC archaeologist and the study's co-author, initially believed Castro Valente to be a fortified Celtic settlement when they first started exploring the site. They quickly discovered proof that the structure was much larger than they had anticipated and that some of its components had been constructed using techniques not standard in the Iron Age. Fernández-Pereiro stated that the archaeological digs "continued to give data that direct us towards a time of post-The fortress's design, building materials, and pottery shards indicate that it was built after the Roman Empire lost control of the area in the early fifth century A.D.
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