Historical place profile
El Raso
A fortified settlement of the Vettones located in the municipality of Candeleda (Ávila, Spain) near the hamlet of El Raso. Archaeological remains at the site consist of several walled enclosures distributed in at least three areas covering some 20 ha.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:236626
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:236626
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.183227, -5.357813
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A fortified settlement of the Vettones located in the municipality of Candeleda (Ávila, Spain) near the hamlet of El Raso. Archaeological remains at the site consist of several walled enclosures distributed in at least three areas covering some 20 ha.
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 24 F4 El Raso
Source and reuse
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Research path
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