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Submitted by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 30 June 2019 Page Views: 3181

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Altburg Weiersbach
Country: Germany Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Birkenfeld Nearest Village: Heimbach
Latitude: 49.611155N Longitude: 7.218079E
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

2 Accuracy:

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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ELindey visited on 18th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 A great little hilltop fort with noticeable stone fortifications. A modern built Celtic Zodiac circle

**Altburg Weiersbach** submitted by ELindey : A view from the road looking up at the hill fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Probably a late Iron Age hillfort in Rhineland-Palatinate. There is an information board on site (see photo on our page)
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Spl Auf dem Langenfeld Weiersbach (1005)

Spl Auf dem Langenfeld Weiersbach (1003)

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