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Oppidum d'Ensérune

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The Oppidum d'Ensérune is an ancient hill-town (or oppidum ) near the village of Nissan-lez-Ensérune , France , located between Béziers and Narbonne close to the D609 (formerly RN9 ) and Canal du Midi . It has been listed since 1935 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture .

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2-505: The settlement was occupied without interruption between the 6th century BC and 1st century AD on a hill with good views over the coastal plain, being close to the Via Domitia , the Montady lake, and fertile agricultural land below. There is a museum on the site which offers a display of some of the finds on the site, as well as giving more information about the fort and the field system. Below

4-455: The oppidum was the swamp of Montady , (centred on 43°19′12″N 3°07′24″E  /  43.32000°N 3.12333°E  / 43.32000; 3.12333 ), which is now wedge shaped fields separated by irrigation ditches that converge in the centre. In the 13th century, the swamp was drained; the ditches allowed water to flow to the centre of the circular depression, from which it was conveyed through underground pipes several kilometres to

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