Castra of Cincșor explained

Castra of Cincșor
Known As:Castra of Voila
Founded:2nd century AD
Abandoned:3rd century AD
Robust Struct Material:Stone
Robust Struct Area:2.5 [1]
Cohorts:II Flavia Bessorum
Province:Dacia
Admin Unit 1:Dacia Superior
Admin Unit 2:Dacia Apulensis
Limes:Alutanus
Nearby Water:Alutus
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Coordinates:45.8425°N 24.8666°W
Altitude M:545
Map:Romania
Place Name:Grădiște
Location Town:Cincşor
Location County:Brașov
Ref:Ro:Lmi:BV-I-s-A-11266[2]
Ref:Ro:Ran:42325.01[3]
Condition:Ruined
Excavations:
  • 1980
  • 1988
  • 1991
Archaeologists:
  • L. I. Pop
  • L. Dumitru
  • L. Petculescu
  • E. Oberländer–Târnoveanu
  • D. Isac

The castra of Cincșor was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD[3] [2] and part of the frontier system of the Limes Alutanus.

Location

The ruins of this cohort fort are located about two km east of the village Cincșor, commune Voila, and about one km north of the river Olt in the corridor "Burgstadt". In ancient times, it probably had the task of monitoring the movement of goods on the Olt and the Cincu Pass to the north.

Finds

During the archaeological excavations of the years 1974/1975 and 1979 to 1992, trenches were dug determining the location of the fort. Two construction phases could be distinguished: there was initially a wood-and-earth storage facility, which was later replaced by a stone fort. The stone fort had a rectangular ground plan and on the west side was a defensive wall and four ditches. The date is uncertain, but epigraphic finds could identify the Cohors II Flavia Bessorum as the stationed unit.

A funerary inscription for a Roman military official, L. Carvilius Rusticinus, was discovered near the fort.

In 1986 an excavator discovered a bronze parade mask nearby the fort, in the area of the reservoir lake. The mask depicts a woman's head. It has 24.5 cm height, 17 cm width and 14.5 cm depth.[4]

Exhibition

The archaeological finds can be found in the Muzeul Țării Țării[5] in Făgăraș and in Muzeul Județean Brașov[6] in Brașov.

Monument protection

The archaeological site and in particular the fort are protected as historical monuments.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cincsor. STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). 5 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514171501/http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108%3Acincsor&lang=en&Itemid=. 14 May 2012.
  2. Web site: Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments") . Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional . Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 578 . 1 October 2010 . 5 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf . 10 June 2012 .
  3. Web site: 42325.01. ran.cimec.ro. National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 2009-05-13. 5 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042803/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=cincsor-voila-brasov-situl-arheologic-de-la-cincsor-cetate-cod-sit-ran-42325.01. 4 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Comorile Făgăraşului. 24 July 2013 .
  5. http://www.primaria-fagaras.ro/index.php/fagaras/detaliu/5 Official website of the museum
  6. http://www.brasovistorie.ro/ Official website of the museum