Historical place profile
Monte Bignone
Monte Bignone in Liguria is the site of a 'castellaro', a fortified hilltop settlement of Iron Age Ligurian peoples. The fortification is generally dated to the sixth century BCE.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:157886
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:157886
- Place type
- fortified-settlement, settlement
- Coordinates
- 43.873496, 7.733889
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Monte Bignone in Liguria is the site of a 'castellaro', a fortified hilltop settlement of Iron Age Ligurian peoples. The fortification is generally dated to the sixth century BCE.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 16 E2 Monte Bignone
Source and reuse
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Research path
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