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<< Text Pages >> Wallburg Hünenburg (Bielefeld) - Hillfort in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg Hünenburg (Bielefeld)
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.418 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bielefeld
Latitude: 52.014444N  Longitude: 8.473639E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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4 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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The Wallburg Hünenburg is a hillfort in Bielefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Based on radiocarbon dating, the enclosure dates from the Pre-Roman Iron Age (ca. 340 – 200 BC).

The hillfort measures 2.8 ha. The circular system of ramparts surrounds the top of the hill. Parts of the dry stone wall have been excavated. The enclosure seems to have been used as refuge fort, but also as a sanctuary.

Parts of the enclosure have been destroyed by a medieval stone quarry and two modern telecommunication towers. Some of the ramparts are still visible.


Literature:
[01] Capelle, T.: Wallburgen in Westfalen-Lippe. Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen, Frühe Burgen in Westfalen Sonderband 1 (2010).
[02] Günther, K.: Die Hünenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Bielefeld. Frühe Burgen in Westfalen 4. Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen (2001).

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