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1. Szob – Hideg-rét
KÖH id. nr.: 11667
Burgus Solva – 34
Flóris Rómer could still see walls that were
standing tall here, and the size of the ruins was
about 55×10 m. We do not know of the results
of the excavations performed by Gábor Finály
in 1908.
In 1989-1990 Mihály Nagy excavated here.
He determined that the northern wall of the
central tower was the only remaining part of the
fort. On the exterior, plastered side of the wall,
red lines imitating ashlar stone construction
could be seen. A section of the ditch was also
uncovered, as well as another ditch close to the
stone wall and running parallel to it that was
from an earlier, up to that point unknown,
Roman (probably military) structure.
On the basis of stamped bricks, the
fortified port is from the Valentinian era.
A large portion of the building was
destroyed when an industrial railway and
loading platform were constructed.
Boundaries of core and buffer zones:
The excavation ground plan at our disposal can
only be approximately integrated into the map.
The border of the core zone was determined on
the basis of the excavated northern wall and the
ditch section that was found to the east of it, as
well as the extended line of the latter to the
Danube. The buffer zone is comprised of the
properties that can be found in the core zone.
The border does not continue to follow the
boundaries of the properties that stretch for
some length to the north (02/20, 03).
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Bibliography:
KURUCZ 1914, 53-55.
MRT 9, 328-329.
NAGY 1992, 105.
1. The ruins are in a weedy area
(Photo: Gábor Varga)
2. The excavation plan of the fortified port
(Source: Mihály Nagy)