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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Werl Iron Age SalineCountry: Germany
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Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Werl
Latitude: 51.551966N Longitude: 7.906999E
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 |
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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 |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Evidence for an Iron Age site for salt production have been discovered in Werl (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Because the ground water is very salty in this region (Cretaceous level of the Münsterländer Becken), it was used as basis for salt production.
Several clay potsherds belonging to briquetage have been found. They have been used to seethe the saline in the salter. The remains of the salter oven have been found as well.
Based on the great number of finds, it is assumed that the majority of the produced salt was intended for trading. So far, Werl is the only site for major salt production in Westphalia.
Literature:
[01] Jülich, S.: Salz in der Eisenzeit. In: Westfalen in der Eisenzeit (2015).
[02] Zeiler, M.: Briquetage und Keramik der eisenzeitlichen Saline in Werl. In: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe (2014).
[03] Harnischmacher, S.: Salzgewinnung in Westfalen. In: Westfalen Regional: aktuelle Themen, Wissenswertes und Medien über die Region Westfalen-Lippe 2. Siedlung und Landschaft in Westfalen35 (2007).
[04] Berenger, D.: Salzarchäologie in Werl. Eine Perspektive für Salzkotten, Halle und Bad Salzuflen? In: Archäologie in Ostwestfalen 8 (2004).
[05] Mesch, H.: Das Briquetage Europas mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des westfälischen Briquetage (2001).
[06] Leidinger, W.: Frühe Salzgewinnung in Werl, Kreis Soest, Westfalen. In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 13/2 (1983).
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