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‖ murus gallicus|ˈmjʊərəs ˈgælɪkəs|
[L. ‘Gaulish wall’ (Caesar De Bello Gallico vii. xxiii).]
A type of late Iron Age Celtic fort having stone walls bound by horizontally placed timber frames. Also called Gaulish or Gallic wall (fort).
1947J. & C. Hawkes Prehist. Britain 265 The specially constructed type known as the Gallic Fort in which stone walls are bound with timber (murus gallicus). 1947Proc. Prehistoric Soc. XIII. 16 Moreover the distribution of ‘murus gallicus’ forts is strictly complementary to, and mutually exclusive with, that of the brochs. 1953R. J. C. Atkinson Field Archaeol. (ed. 2) ii. 62 Walls of murus gallicus type have in addition internal timbering. 1963Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Survey) (ed. 4) 71 This work must not be confused with the special type of timber reinforcement (murus gallicus) which it resembles and which is reported by Caesar as frequent among the Gaulish forts which he assaulted. 1970Bray & Trump Dict. Archaeol. 233/2 One specialized form of timber-laced rampart, the murus gallicus or Gaulish wall, was encountered by Caesar during his campaigns against the Celtic tribes. |