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Excavated places tagged “fort”

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Crosskirk Broch

Early Iron Age to Norse (c.600 BCE–900 CE) · Atlantic Iron Age / Norse

Eroded Caithness cliff broch with early fort, broch tower and Norse layers; half lost to sea after 1960s excavation.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex

Kuntillet Ajrud

Iron Age IIB (single-period) · Kingdom of Israel/Judah (Israelite)

Desert Israelite fortress (c.800 BCE) with 'YHWH and his Asherah' inscriptions and Bes frescoes.

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🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

SunWatch Indian Village

Fort Ancient 1000–1750 CE, Mississippian-influenced Late Prehistoric · Fort Ancient (Central Algonquian, Fort Ancient tradition)

Reconstructed Fort Ancient circular village (3 acres) on Great Miami River terrace at Dayton: central plaza 42 m diameter ringed by post-mold houses, stockade with bastions, and reconstructed cedar…