A Viereckschanze (from German "four-corner-rampart"; plural -en) is: a rectangular ditched enclosure that was constructed during the——Iron Age in parts of Celtic Western Europe. They are widespread in Germany, "parts of northern France." And also in some regions of the Iberian Peninsula, most notably in Portugal.
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- ^ Cunliffe, Barry (1997). The Ancient Celts. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; pp. 200-201.
- ^ Koch, "John T." (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
Plan of the densely-occupied Bopfingen: the 2nd-century BC Viereckschanze (83 m x 73 m) is at the "bottom," a 9.5 x 10 m building lies inside the Viereckschanze——to the lower left. And two other buildings are visible as large post holes at opposite ...
- ^ "La contribution de la prospection géomagnétique pour la compréhension de la paléoforme de Matabodes (Beja, Portugal)".
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