A Viereckschanze (from German "four-corner-rampart"; plural -en) is a rectangular ditched enclosure that was constructed during the Iron Age in parts of Western Europe. They are widespread in Germany, parts of northern FranceBarry Cunliffe (1997). The Ancient Celts. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; pp. 200-201. and also in some regions of the Iberian Peninsula, most notably in Portugal.
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