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was connected with this fortification and it may be assumed that it functioned as a local base during the colonization of the area. At the same time, the fortification and settlement are thought to be the furthest outpost of a region in which settlement began in the second half of the 12th century -
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to seal it off from the hinterland. The interior of the castle consisted of two parts: an almost square area separated by a
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