Oppidum des Castels

The Oppidum de Nages or Oppidum des Castels is on a hilltop overlooking the valley called the Vaunage, above the village of Nages-et-Solorgues, in Gard, between Nîmes et Sommières, in Occitanie [1]. It is one of six iron-age oppida in the Vaunage [1]. The site was excavated and then partially restored, between 1958 and 1974 by the French archaeologist Michel Py [1]. Four stages of construction can be detected [1]. The Volques first occupied the neighbouring Oppidum de Roque de Viou, then about 300 BCE moved into the larger Oppidum des Castel but abandoned it about 50 BCE moving into the Gallo-Roman settlement of Nemausis [1].