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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: GalapaCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.72 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Solingen Nearest Village: Burg an der Wupper
Latitude: 51.136806N Longitude: 7.144333E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Janek visited on 2nd Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Harald_Platta visited on 22nd Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
It has been speculated that it was built during the Iron Age by the Celts or people with Celtic influences. However, so far no scientific evidence has been found to support this idea.
Literature:
[01] von Uslar, R.: Studien zu frühgeschichtlichen Befestigungen zwischen Nordsee und Alpen. Bonner Jahrb. Beih. 11 (1964).
[02] Rosenthal, R.: Solingen – Geschichte einer Stadt , 1. Band (1973).
[03] Schmidt, M.: Eine Sage aus den Wupperbergen. In: Bergische Heimatspiele auf Schloß Burg (1924).
[04] Solinger Tageblatt (07.08.1937).
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