The settlement was a typical fortified site, protected by nature in one side, and traverses on the other sides.

The excavators hypothesize that the fortified site was a permanent military encampment or barracks.

All told, some 260 plans-reliefs were created between 1668 and 1870, representing about 150 fortified sites.

Chiefdoms often contained fortified sites to back up their authority, a feature first seen in west Slavic areas.

In the years of Ottoman Empire reign, the town was used as a fortified site.

Built as a fortified site in the 13th century, an enceinte was developed during the 14th.

Its existence as an important fortified site is documented in the 13th century.

These fortified sites could also be within villages or their subsidiary hamlets.

Balberta was a fortified site controlling a wide area, which it probably came to dominate through a process of aggressive warfare.

There is evidence in fortified sites of constructed harbours, boat-landings and sea-gates.