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The emergency excavations carried out recently have uncovered in the area of Los Torrejones, construction debris belonging to an access to the old fortified farmhouse Islamic, the dates of the activity establish between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as stated Liborio Molina Ruiz, Director of the excavations conducted by the discovery by chance of architectural remains when it came to the installation of an irrigation network in the area.
The construction technique based on mud walls and forms are clear Almohad bill, according to Ruiz Molina.
The aforementioned municipal archaeologist explained that "to date we documented level of reuse of the old Roman facilities in the Islamic period, which was nevertheless an indication that opened the possibility to consider that they might develop from mid-twelfth century on a tower farm, which would depend on Hisn Yakka installed in the current Cerro del Castillo.
The finding of reference leaves no doubt that we are in one of the entrances to it.
So, would complement the landscape population at the time, along with the farm installed in the current quarter or neighborhood the Rock and minor hamlets located in the Fountain Pulpillo and Pinar.
The tower's farmhouse Torrejones activity devoted to irrigated agriculture and is a part, with the castle Hisn or fortifier phenomenon occurred in al-Andalus Sarq during the government of the Almohad dynasty.
The husun (castles) are to be understood as a defensive nature to the district castrale community they belong and that our case would be dependent, from an administrative standpoint, the district Villena (medina Bilyana) that also belong Caudete ( Tower Bogarra) Benejama (Torre del Negret), Sax and probably Bihar. "
The work carried out during emergency excavations have uncovered a small part of the package, making it necessary to dig a whole and its subsequent enhancement, thus adding another attraction to this rich archaeological site.
In this respect, the forecasts of future supply pass through to next summer, as in the previous year, an archaeological field work through the Youth Council of the City of Yecla, which would go a substantial way these works, besides the efforts to disseminate the archaeological site itself.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla
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