Turnul uitat. Un turn în formă de „U” alungit descoperit cu ocazia cercetării arheologice preventive din anul 2015 la est de poarta principală a cetății Capidava
The Forgotten Tower. An „U-Shaped” Tower Discovered East of the Main Gate of the Fort from Capidava during the 2015 Preventive Archaeological Research

Summary/Abstract: The present article is concerned with the results of one of the preventiveresearches of 2015 from Capidava (Constanța County), an excavation that took place insector VIII extra muros immediately east of Porta Principalis, along curtain wall G. Ofall the researches carried out over time in this sector this is the one closest to the visiblewalls of the fortress. It led to the discovery of a lot of archaeological materials and several features, amongst which stands out a previously unknown ”U-shaped” tower. The towerwith a massive foundation (2.85 - 3 m thick) is similar to the ones known from the North-East side of the fortress (the only long side kept intact). The moment when the two coinsdiscovered right above the dismantled tower were lost (of which one was attributed to Constantius II/ Constans and subsequently dated between 336-361 AD) remains unknown, but their very presence still offers a vague terminus post quem for the demolition of the defensive structure.

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