THE ROMAN FRONTIER WATCHTOWER FROM POROLISSUM-POIANA MOIGRĂDANILOR / LA MAJE (MIRȘID COM., SĂLAJ COUNTY)

Known since the beginning of the 20th century, the circular frontier watchtower from Porolissum-Poiana Mogrădanilor was the subject of two archaeological excavations that took place in 1970 and 1997, made by Nicolae Gudea and Alexandru V. Matei, in a larger research frame of the North-Wester frontier of Dacia Porolissnesis. Resuming the older accounts of A. Buday, A. Radnóti, I. Ferenczi and N. Gudea, Alexandru V. Matei took a step forward and excavated this particular watchtower. The purpose of this study is to capitalize his archaeological documentation resulted from the excavation. Unfortunately, the archaeological material was not identified, except for a drawing of two signacula of legio XIII Gemina. More than that, Alexandru V. Matei identified the building technique of the linear fortification that lies in front of the watchtower. The excavation journal is also missing, the only available info being a plan of the structure and a profile. Connecting this data, we tried to create a coherent image of this particular minor fortification. In order to fulfil it, several geostatistical analyses and a new topographical survey were used.