Excavation of ancient Roman defensive nail field causes historical shock

Thousands of ancient iron nails arranged in battle formations have been discovered – revealing the brutal but extremely effective Roman defensive strategy.

During excavations near Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland, Denmark, archaeologists from the Lolland-Falster Museum discovered a huge complex of ancient man-made geological structures. Photo: @ Blue Water Shipping.

Further archaeological research revealed that this was a 770-meter-long defensive earthen belt dating from the Roman Iron Age, between 100 and 400 AD. Photo: @ Lolland-Falster Museum.

Archaeologists have so far uncovered 770 metres of the defensive perimeter, but they believe this is just part of a larger defensive line that runs from the island's wetlands to the coast for up to 1,400 metres, which they have yet to fully excavate. Photo: @ Lolland-Falster Museum.

The defensive land belt is said to have been located about a kilometre from the coast between two impassable wetlands, meaning that any enemy attackers entering Lolland would have been severely hampered. Described as a defensive spike field, it contained at least 10,000 holes filled with sharp spikes intended to delay and block any enemy attacks on Lolland. Photo: @ Lolland-Falster Museum.

“This is a really big structure. It took a lot of work to build,” Bjornar Mage, an archaeologist at the Lolland-Falster Museum, told TV2 News. Photo: @ Lolland-Falster Museum.

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(According to heritagedaily)

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