Motilla del Azuer, Spain.
The brochs of Northern and western Scotland form some of the most remarkable and distinctive defensive structures in Europe.
A similar, though much earlier form of structure was discovered not so long ago in Spain at the settlement of Motilla del Azuer located in the central area of the Iberian Peninsula. Artificial mounds known as motillas are found throughout the plain of La Mancha. Dated to between 2200 and 1500 BC, they tend to be situated 4-5km from one another and rise to 4-10m high...
Motilla del Azuer contains the oldest well known from the Iberian Peninsula and the archaeologists suspect that the walled enclosures were therefore used to protect and manage the livelihood of the people living in the settlement: to secure the well’s water, to store and process cereals on a large scale, to occasionally keep the livestock, and to produce pottery and other domestic artefacts...
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