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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: BabilonieCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 5.649 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Lübbecke
Latitude: 52.276718N Longitude: 8.576678E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Babilonie is a Germanic-derived word and can be translated as "up in the woods“. The hillfort is situated on the northern edge of the Wiehengebirge hills and represents a wedge-shaped, double-rampart system. The ramparts were fortified with a palisade. The entire enclosure has a size of 12 hectares.
According to a legend, the hillfort was reused by the Saxon leader Wittekind during the Saxon-Frankish period.
Today, the ramparts are still relatively well preserved.
References:
[01] Berenger, D.: Die Babilonie im Norden von Ostwestfalen. In: Westalen in der Eisenzeit (2015).
[02] Capelle, T.: Wallburgen in Westfalen-Lippe. In: Frühe Burgen in Westfalen Sonderband 1 (2010).
[03] Sicherl, B.: Eisenzeitliche Befestigungen in Westfalen. Die Forschungen des vergangenen Jahrzentsund Ansätze einer religiösen Gliederung. In: Keltische Einflüsse im nördlichen Mitteleuropa während der mittleren und jüngeren vorrömischen Eisenzeit (2007)
[04] Bérenger, D.: Die Wallburg Babilonie, Stadt Lübbecke, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke. In: Frühe Burgen in Westfalen Bd. 12 (1997).
[05] Glüsing, P.: Zwei wichtige Neufunde der älteren Eisenzeit aus dem Bereich der früheren Nienburg Gruppe. In: Zu Einflüssen der Hallstattkultur auf die frühe Eisenzeit im nördlichen Nordwestdeutschland. Offa 36 (1979).
[06] Schmidt, H.: Die Babilonie in Geschichte und Sage. In: 1000 Jahre Gemeinde Blasheim (1969).
[07] Schuchardt, C: Atlas vorgeschichtlicher Befestigungen in Niedersachsen (1916).
[08] Höfer, P.: Der Feldzug des Germanicus im Jahre 16. n.Chr. (1884).
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