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<< Our Photo Pages >> Altkönig Oppidum - Hillfort in Germany in Hesse

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 24 October 2005  Page Views: 5441

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Altkönig Oppidum
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.841 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Hesse Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Frankfurt  Nearest Village: Kronberg Im Taunus
Latitude: 50.211910N  Longitude: 8.482597E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Altkönig oppidum submitted by Drvenkman : Altkoenig Oppidum (2614ft), view from Grosser Feldberg. Background: Frankfurt am Main (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Re: Altkönig Oppidum by DrVenkman on Monday, 14 September 2009
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correct co-ordinates, checked last week:
50.211910
8.482597
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