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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg WilzenbergCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.527 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Schmallenberg
Latitude: 51.153639N Longitude: 8.331000E
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 |
| 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 |
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The central part of the enclosure measured 5 ha, while additional 7 ha were fortified annexes. The enclosure included also a well. The Wallburg Wilzenberg is the place, where the biggest collection of Iron Age weapons in Westphalia was discovered.
A smaller hillfort was built within the Iron Age enclosure in the 9th century AD.
Several ramparts and parts of the Iron Age dry stone walls are preserved.
Literature:
[01] Zeiler, M.: Wälle und Waffen auf dem Wilzenberg. In: Westalen in der Eisenzeit (2015).
[02] Schubert, A.H.: Der Wilzenberg – Machtzentrum oder Fliehburg? In: Von Anfang an. Archäologie in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Schriften zur Bodendenkmalpflege in Nordrhein-Westfalen 8 (2005).
[03] Berenger, D.: Die eisenzeitlichen Burgen in Westfalen. In: Hinter Schloss und Riegel. Burgen und Befestigungen in Westfalen (1997).
[04] Hömberg, H.: Die Ringwälle auf dem Wilzenberg. In: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Schmallenberg (1969).
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