Castra of Costești explained
| Castra of Costești |
| Founded: | unknown |
| Abandoned: | unknown |
| Weak Struct Material: | Wood and earth |
| Weak Struct Dim1: | 300 |
| Weak Struct Dim2: | 100 |
| Weak Struct Area: | 3.0 [1] |
| Province: | Dacia |
| Admin Unit 1: | Dacia Superior |
| Admin Unit 2: | Dacia Apulensis |
| Coordinates: | 45.6877°N 23.2095°W |
| Altitude: | 1203 |
| Map: | Romania |
| Place Name: | Prisaca |
| Location Town: | Costești |
| Location County: | Hunedoara |
| Ref:Ro:Lmi: | HD-I-s-A-03180[2] |
| Ref:Ro:Ran: | 90379.04[3] |
| Condition: | Ruined |
The castra of Costești was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[2] [3] Erected and abandoned by the Romans at an uncertain date, its ruins are located in Costești (commune Orăștioara de Sus, Romania)[2] [3] on a hilltop, at an altitude of 1203 meters.
Archeologist Aurora Peţan claims this fortification could be a Dacian hill fort because its shape is irregular, the ditch is inside fortification, only Dacian pottery was found during the excavations, and it is placed on a strategic defense location - common to Dacian fortresses.[4]
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- Dan . Matei . Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia") . Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie . 12 . 55–70 . Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie . Alba Iulia . 2006 . Romanian . 1454-8097 . 6 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306053022/http://istorie.uab.ro/publicatii/colectia_bcss/bcss_12/Studii_articole/4%20Dan_Matei.pdf . 6 March 2012 .
- 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 1322 . 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 .
- Web site: 90379.04. ran.cimec.ro. National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 8 January 2009. 5 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150201022114/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=costesti-orastioara-de-sus-hunedoara-castrul-de-la-costesti-prisaca-cod-sit-ran-90379.04. 1 February 2015.
- Web site: Fortificația de pe Vârful Prisaca are current electric. dacica.ro. 2015-09-05. Aurora Peţan. 2017-09-17.
