Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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The Medieval Fort at Moresti 293 fig. 10; Horedt 1958,49-50), dated to the 11th century denoted the starting point of the research. Later, the origin of the sword, as a find from Moresti, was questioned.1 In the six years of archaeological research, on the territory of the medieval fort excavation was conducted only four times. In 1951 three sampling trenches - I, II, IV - were opened (Fig. 2), which clarified the situation of the northern and western defensive system of the triangle shaped hill fort. The northern defensive system, which runs across and separates the fort from the Podei plateau in a west-east direction, consists of an outer moat and an 8-9 m wide rampart. This, on its inner side is supported by a burnt red clayish earth stripe. Right next to the inner side of the rampart a 6-7 m wide fluvial stone paving was found, which in certain places was disturbed by a wooden structure. On the western part of the fort the burnt red earth strengthened the rampart on its outer side (Horedt 1952, 329-331). During the excavation in 1952 only one trench was opened (XV) in which no structures were found that could be connected to the fort (Horedt 1953, 298). The XXXVIII trench, opened in 1954 confirmed the observations made in 1952 about the northern defensive system (Horedt 1955, 655-656). The seven trenches opened in 1955 (XLV, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII, XLIX, L, LI) were meant to elucidate the exact ground plan of the fort. It turned out that the stone paving continued on the eastern side but the burnt earth and the rampart, if it S3SQ Researched river stone paving Assumed river stone paving ШШШ Researched burned rampart Assumed burned rampart Rampart Ditch Archaeological excavations from 1951-1955 Г I’st and Il’nd World War trenches The edge of the plateau Fig. 2. The ground plan of the medieval fort with K. Horedt’s trenches (1951-1955) and the measured area (after the map of K. Horedt from 1957). 1 Regarding the debates concerning the sword from Moresti, see: Horedt 1967,509-510 and Vlassa 1967,511-512.
