Castelminio's Motte and Bailey n.2 by sandra46
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Description
This is a close view of the mound inside the circular walled/palisaded moat at Castelminio. The top is more or less a square of leveled dirt, with steep slopes. A probe found the remains of a brick building possibly dating the late Bronze Age. We don't know whether it was used later as 'fincara' or a 'roccolo' that is a mound where a small building was built and nets to snare birds put all around as a circular labyrinth. Inside the building they put cages full of singing birds to lure their mates to come. In general these traps were called 'roccolo' (plural roccoli) in general, and 'fincara' if they were specialized to snare finches. Fincara is the local term, related to the German fink, English finch.
The guy climbing the mound is my friend Simon, the archaeologist. I also added a ghost building.
Thanks for your kind comments.
Comments (48)
bakapo
wow, very cool!
Richardphotos
excellent capture Sandra and so interesting
magnus073
Splendid capture yet again, Sandra. I was most excited to see the series continue, and hope there is more to come. I was especially intrigued to learn about how they were used as traps.
bebopdlx
Very cool shot.
Cyve
Fantastic creation/explications... Marvelous capture my friend !
jayfar
An interesting narrative and a splendid image.
durleybeachbum
Good to have the person in there, I am useless at scale without. Fascinating!
FredNunes
Great looking image. :)
rockstrider
Very nice capture and work - I really like the history that goes with this Sandra!
johndoop
Cool picture!!!!!
claude19
very beautiful photograph of Archaeology!
anmes
Great result
JuliSonne
Wonderful place...wild nature!
Faemike55
most cool and interesting posting Keep them coming I love them
wysiwig
Your ghost buildings act as a superb visual aid to your wonderful descriptions. Great picture.
eekdog
love the house you added in, always tops in work.
renecyberdoc
awesome region.
dakotabluemoon
Nice shot of this area.
Hendesse
Great shot of this interesting place.
Jean_C
Very intresting shot and infos!
Leije
Interesting infos and shot with the ghost building !
drifterlee
Very pretty shot!
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
Radar_rad-dude
Fascinating!
angora
fascinating!! wonderful place & pic, THX for sharing!!
erlandpil
so interesting erland
JaneEden
Sandra this is a great photo image but also very fascinating reading too. hugs Jane xx
danapommet
A very nice touch to sketch in the old brick building. Fantastic information and is that a stick fence around the base of the mound?
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY
KarmaSong
Superb capture and postwork !