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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg JäckelchenCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 14.449 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Attendorn
Latitude: 51.092310N Longitude: 7.961250E
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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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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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The Wallburg Jäckelchen is an Iron Age hillfort in Attendorn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Today, the site mainly consists of the remains of the early medieval castle of the same name. At least some of the Iron Age ramparts seem to have been reused for the castle.
Literature:
[01] Capelle, T.: Wallburgen in Westfalen-Lippe. Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen (2010).
[02] Lukanow, S.: Fundchronik für den Kreis Olpe 1948–1980 (1984).
[03] Hömberg, A.K.: Heimatchronik des Kreises Olpe (1967).
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