Преглед на доцноантичките тврдини во Кратовскиот регион
List of Late Antique fortifications in Kratovo region

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we will handle the late antique fortresses that are present on the territory of Kratovo. Kratovo as a self-governing municipality consists of 31 villages. In general, villages can be divided into mountainous and lowlands. The exact number of fortresses can not be reliably established. This conclusion was obtained due to the fact that systematic archaeological research was not carried out in this region, and the initial information for a greater number of fortresses was obtained from the reconnoitations in the middle of the last century, performed on this territory. About the number of fortresses from late antiquity in Kratovo, it can be said that there are about 26, with the possibility of increasing this number. As one of the most well-known and best explored fortresses from the late antique period in the Kratovo region are: Veliko Gradiste locality in the village Konjuh, the Kula-Zdravej Kamen in the village of Schlegovo, the site Gradiste in the village of Sakulica, and the locality Vidim in the village of Kuklica. The most representative fortress of these 4 was the fortress in the village of Konjuh, which has a continuity of living from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages, and it has experienced its flowering in the Roman and Late Antique times. By the way, this site is well researched, ie, there have been systematic archaeological researches since 1998. Our goal is to make a list of all the foundations of Late Antiquity and military and neighborhoods, which are not so famous. In the Large number of represented fortresses in this region is related to two key things, i.e. with the ancient roads and ancient mining.

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