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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Alte Burg Obernau Alternative Name: AldenburgkCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.724 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Netphen
Latitude: 50.935000N Longitude: 8.154750E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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. |
| 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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The hillfort is situated on Alte Burg hill and consists of two concentric annular ramparts. The inner rampart is about 600 m long and includes an area of approximately 3.5 ha, while the outer rampart is about 1100 m long and covers an area of about 9.5 ha.
The site was most likely not just a refuge castle, but could have been inhabited permanently, as it is located close to major trade routes.
Today, the remains of the ramparts and ditches are still visible.
Literature:
[01] Petri, F., Droege, G., Fink, K.: Nordrhein-Westfalen. Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands 3 (1970).
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