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Item CERCETĂRI ARHEOLOGICE LA POARTA DE NORD A CETĂȚII SAHARNA MARE(Muzeul Naţional de Arheologie şi Istorie a Moldovei, 2021) Zanoci, Aurel; Băţ, MihailThe Saharna Mare hillfort is known in the literature thanks to the systematic archaeological investigations carried out by G. Smirnov in 1946-1947 and by the Moldova State University team in 2001-2020. As a result of the research, it was found that the fortification with an area of about 6 hectares was surrounded by a system consisting of several defensive features. On the western side, a “wall” of wood, earth and stones was built, with an adjoining ditch, in front of which there were three semicircular bastions. The north, east and south sides were protected by the same “wall”, only of a smaller size. Recently, on the northern side of the fortification, in the defensive “wall” a gap was discovered, about 9 m wide, which was interpreted as an access path to the hillfort. About 5 m east of the gate, a bastion was found, the remains of which have a semicircular shape of 11×6 m. As a result of archaeological research in 2020, it was established that the “wall” of the bastion had a “base” about 1.6 m wide, consisting of two linings made of stone blocks, the space between which was filled with earth. On this structure, a double rampart was built, consisting of two timber frameworks. The space between which was filled with earth and stones. Inside the bastion, which had a semicircular shape with dimensions of 6×3 m, a storage pit was found, dug in the limestone rock. Artifacts found in the remains of the rampart, as well as inside the bastion, indicate that it functioned simultaneously with the entire defensive system of the Saharna Mare hillfort and was built by the end of the 4th century BC.