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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Alte Burg (Wittgenstein)Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 1.73 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bad Laasphe
Latitude: 50.935392N Longitude: 8.393347E
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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The central enclosure measures 180 m x 130 m. Today, some remains of the ramparts and ditches are still visible. It is situated 600 m above the medieval Wittgenstein Castle.
Literature:
[01] Hömberg, P. H., Schubert, A.H.: Der Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein. Führer zu archäologischen Denkmälern in Deutschland 25 (1993).
[02] Losse, M. (Hrsg.): Die schönsten Schlösser und Burgen im Lahntal (2001).
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