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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Riesi Seengen Pile Dwelling Alternative Name: Pfahlbausiedlung und Pfahlbauhaus Riesi SeengenCountry: Switzerland
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Canton: Aargau Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aarau Nearest Village: Seengen
Latitude: 47.316990N Longitude: 8.202800E
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 |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Megalithic89 visited on 16th Mar 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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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