Castra of Ighiu

{{Short description|Fort in the Roman province of Dacia}}

{{Infobox castrum

|name = Castra of Ighiu

|image = Magulici Hill 07.jpg

|caption =

|known_as = Castra of Măgulici[http://www.albaiulianul.ro/cultura-si-istorie/348-castrul-roman-de-la-mgulici.html Castrul roman de la Măgulici, de Dan Anghel] {{dead link|date=January 2013}}

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|founded = unknown

|abandoned = unknown

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|weak_struct_material = Wood and earth{{cite journal|last=Dan|first=Matei|title=Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia|trans-title=Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia |journal=Buletinul Cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: Arheologie-istorie-muzeologie|volume=12|pages=55–70|publisher=Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie|location=Alba Iulia|year=2006|language=Romanian|issn=1454-8097}}

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|weak_struct_dim1 = 41

|weak_struct_dim2 = 50

|weak_struct_area = 0.2

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|province = Dacia

|admin_unit_1 = Dacia Superior

|admin_unit_2 = Dacia Apulensis

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|coordinates = {{coord|46|07|45.53|N|23|29|42.59|E|source:kolossus-rowiki_region:RO|display=inline,title}}

|altitude =

|map = Romania

|place_name = Măgulici

|location_town = Ighiu

|location_county = Alba

|location_state =

|location_country = {{ROU}}

|ref:RO:LMI = AB-I-s-B-00048{{cite journal|publisher=Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional|title=Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010|trans-title=2010 List of Historic Monuments|journal=Romania's Official Journal, Part I|number=670|page=11|date=1 October 2010}}

|ref:RO:RAN = 4936.01{{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=ighiu-ighiu-alba-castrul-de-la-ighiu-magulici-cod-sit-ran-4936.01 |title=4936.01 |work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN) |date=19 March 2009 |accessdate=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202120601/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=ighiu-ighiu-alba-castrul-de-la-ighiu-magulici-cod-sit-ran-4936.01 |archivedate=2 February 2016 }}

|ref:RO:SIRUTA =

|discovery_year = 1956

|condition = Ruined

|controlled_by =

|excavations =

|archaeologists = Mihail Macrea

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|ref:UNESCO={{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

|child = yes

|Part_of = Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia

|ID = 1718-027

|Year = 2024

|Criteria = Cultural: ii, iii, iv

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The Castra of Ighiu was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia. Its dating is uncertain. The traces of the earthwork can be identified on the Măguligici Hill in Ighiu (Romania).