Dacian kilns at Medieșu Aurit

At the Șuculeu point in Medieșu Aurit, Satu Mare county, ceramic kilns of a settlement from the first centuries of our era are preserved. The artisans here mainly produced large vessels for supplies, and research has identified a pottery center spread out on the terrace of the Racta stream.

The kilns had two chambers, separated by a grate on which the vessels were placed. Fire and hot air circulated from the feed pit to the firing chamber. The vestiges preserved in the ground show the structure of the installations and their dimensions, some exceeding two meters in diameter.

Photo: Institutul Național al Patrimoniului (cIMeC); individual author not specified · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0. Proportional resizing and center crop to 650 × 400 px; removal of technical metadata.