Castell de la Fosca

Castell de la Fosca or Punta del Castell is an ancient Iberian settlement or oppidum sited on a rocky promontory at the north end of the beach called Platja de Castell, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) ENE of Palamós (Baix Empordà), on the Costa Brava.

Castell de la Fosca

Poblat ibèric de Castell
entrance to the Castell de la Fosca
Location in Catalonia
Alternative name	Iberian Town of Castell
Location	Cala de Castell, Palamós, Catalonia, Spain
Region	Iberian Peninsula
Coordinates	41°51′37″N 3°9′32″E
Type	settlement
History
Founded	6th century BC
Abandoned	1st century AD
Cultures	Iberian Indigetes
Site notes
Archaeologists	Lluís Barceló i Bou
Condition	ruin
Ownership	Generalitat de Catalunya
Management	Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
Public access	yes

The settlement, which seems to have been inhabited from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, was protected by a wall and two square towers. Archaeologists, first in the 1930s and 1940s, and now in a series of excavations begun in 2001, have discovered 64 storage pits and two water cisterns, as well as pottery, amphorae (both locally made and imported), millstones, weights for fishing nets, lamps, agricultural tools and surgical instruments, coins, pieces of bronze, Iberian inscriptions, and the bases of two columns.^[1]

Gallery

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  Ruined stone columns
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  View of the promontory
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  The entrance from Platja de Castell

See also

• Indigetes