Wednesday, April 25, 2018

American Kivas or European Ringforts


The Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) People and the Celtic and Gaelic people of Europe both built ringforts of stone masonry. 

European Ringforts

Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze age up to about the year 1000. They are found in Northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are also many in South Wales and in Cornwall, where they are called rounds. Ringforts come in many sizes and may be made of stone or earth. Earthen ringforts would have been marked by a circular rampart (a bank and ditch), often with a stake wall.





Sources:
Caherconnell Stone Fort, Co. Clare, Ireland  https://youtu.be/TiqfaRMoGX0


No comments:

Post a Comment