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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Heidelsburg HöhensiedlungCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 6.564 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Pirmasens Nearest Village: Waldfischbach-Burgalben
Latitude: 49.268354N Longitude: 7.691374E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The Heidelsburg was a Celtic hillfort/settlement which was later used by the gallo/roman population.
Today a large entrance, a cistern and many stones are still visible. At the southern entrance an ancient stone relief depicts the forester saltarius and his wife.
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