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<< Our Photo Pages >> Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling - Ancient Village or Settlement in Switzerland in Aargau

Submitted by Megalithic89 on Wednesday, 24 March 2021  Page Views: 391

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling Alternative Name: Pfahlbausiedlung und Pfahlbauhaus Riesi Seengen
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 2.096 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Aargau Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aarau  Nearest Village: Seengen
Latitude: 47.316990N  Longitude: 8.202800E
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:
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling
Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling submitted by Megalithic89 : Pile dwelling house reconstruction near Seengen, Switzerland Photo taken March 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Aargau
Riesi Seengen is one of the 56 pile dwelling sites in Switzerland. They are part of the 111 sites UNESCO gave World Culture Heritage Status in 2011. The settlement was inhabited between 1050 BC and 850 BC. The remains of the settlement lie under water.

Canton of Aargau Archaeology, the Municipality of Seengen, The Burghalde Museum Lenzburg and The Rotary Club Lenzburg and Lenzburg-Seetal decided to make a faithful reconstruction of a house to make the Unesco World Heritage visible. It is near the place of the former palafitte settlement. It is being built during winter and spring 2020/2021.

The new palafitte house has a Bronze Age appearance. It is slightly raised off the ground and has a block construction substructure. This corresponds to the archaeological findings and protects the house during floods.

The house is receiving wattle and daub walls this spring.

The house reconstruction stands on the opposite side of Lake Hallwil, on a footpath called “Seeweg”, at 47.31888N 8.20491E .

Source: Canton of Aargau Archaeology, CH-5200 Brugg.


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Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling
Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling submitted by Megalithic89 : Pile dwelling house reconstruction. Photo taken March 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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