Abstract
The Dacian place Piatra Roșie is part of the Vest places of Grădiștea, after the Luncani Târsan place. The stronghold was systematically excavated in the spring of 1949 by a group from The Institute of History and Philosophy from Cluj. It is placed on the peak of a isolated peak, near to the Valea Roșie și Valea Târgului rivers. The plateau has 160 m length and the with is between 30 m(at South), 50 m (in the middle) and 45 m (in North). It is covered by a thin stratum of humus under which is the native calcareous stone. The archaeologists found in their reaserches many intersting things.
In the South half of the plateau was found stone walls similars to those from Costești (102 x45 m). In the interior we have 5 towers, two in the S-V and N-V and three in the Est. The construction of the towers is like the enclosure's walls. The N-E tower from the corner was used as entrance. In the interior was found a quite big wooden building, with the bases from stone. The building has two rooms. It is surrounded by a wooden balcony with his shrings placed on the stone base. It has doors, and in thr North side the balcony is round, while the exterior wall is short for a good light.
The funeral inventar is quite poor. It was found only fragmentary Dacian things: nails, targets, spikes, a bronze rushlight and iron staples. The citadel has a dominat military caracter. Civil places must have been on the hills which sourrended Piatra Roșie. The apse construction from balcony 1 could have been used as a place for living but in the same time as worship place.
