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CRANNOG ACEQUIÓN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
About 15 kilometres from the city of Albacete we find the archaeological site of Acequión. This is a unique site, an example of the the Motillas Culture, typical of the plains of La Mancha, where human settlements were located on small elevations of land.
If you come to this point, you will see that the Acequión is a small artificial island built in the space occupied by the old endorheic lagoon, of which nothing remains today. Within this structure there are three different sections: a Bronze Age settlement, an Iberian site and an Iberian necropolis.
To date, excavations have only been carried out in the part corresponding to the Bronze Age settlement. Experts believe that this enclave may have been inhabited between approximately 2200 and 1500 BC. It is a small settlement, barely one hectare in size, and is notable for having a powerful defensive system. As in similar settlements belonging to the Motilla Culture, this type of settlement was strongly protected by several rings of concentric walls. In the case of Acequión, a double concentric ring of walls has been found which, at some points, are more than two metres high. Between these walls were the houses of the inhabitants of the settlement. No remains have been found of these houses, but they were usually built with adobe walls and a stone plinth. UP TO HERE SUNDAY
According to archaeologists, this type of settlement-controlled sources of water supply at a time of great drought around the turn of the third and second millennium BC. There are numerous motillas in Ciudad Real, but in Albacete only this settlement has been catalogued, which would be the most easterly of the group of motillas found.
Although excavations have not continued and the site has not been made accessible for visits, it is worth going to see the ancient walls that are preserved in the north-western sector of the settlement.
It has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest and Historical Heritage of Spain.