First #HillfortsWednesday of the year! Let's celebrate it with the hillfort of A Ourela (Palas de Rei, #Galicia), a remarkable Iron Age site with still impressive ramparts and some intriguing features, maybe linked with some kind of perfomative architecture. 👇 
The outer enclosure partially takes advantage of the hill, but it is strange. The rampart was not built over the edge of the hill. It prefers to retreat back and build a ditch, losing natural advantage. Why? Perhaps it wants to be seen more from the south?
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And other feature is mind-blowing.
As you can see, all in A Ourela ramparts is about the gates. They are massive. But a sort of weird passage goes all down the slope from them. It was damaged by farming, but some traces can still be seen. Such a performance!
#HillfortsWednesday
As you can see, all in A Ourela ramparts is about the gates. They are massive. But a sort of weird passage goes all down the slope from them. It was damaged by farming, but some traces can still be seen. Such a performance!
#HillfortsWednesday
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