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What has been described as the “largest ever” Neolithic rondel enclosures have been discovered in the Czech Republic.

A roudel enclosure is a circular earthwork which was probably fortified and served as a base camp or settlement during the Neolithic era (4000 BC to 2200 BC). Over 100 rondel enclosures have been uncovered in Europe so far.

The latest discovery — made by archaeologists during research accompanying the construction of a motorway bypass of Kolin, central Bohemia — contained four new rondels, two of which are the largest in Europe.

Two of the enclosures that archaeologists have uncovered near Kolin are 214 and 230 meters in diameter. The former was surrounded by four ditches, the biggest being 4.5 m deep and 14 m long.

The other two enclosures uncovered within the Kolin research in the past two years are 80 and 75 meters in diameter.

Besides Neolithic finds, the experts uncovered a number of valuable remains of settlements from the Paleolithic period, from the Bronze and Iron Ages, from the Roman era and the early Middle Ages.

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