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<< Text Pages >> Heidnisch Biel - Hillfort in Switzerland in Wallis

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 02 February 2011  Page Views: 3850

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Heidnisch Biel Alternative Name: Bielhuegel
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 14.091 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Wallis Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Raron  Nearest Village: Raron
Latitude: 46.310358N  Longitude: 7.810795E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Hillfort in Wallis

The Heidnisch Biel Hill was a settlement a sanctuary and a Hillfort in different ages. The first traces are leading to the neolithic age 3.500 BCE. At the eastern hillside a cemetery was found. It was used from the Bronze-age to the end of the Iron-age.
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