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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sieker Iron Age Settlement Alternative Name: Germanische Siedlung und Gräberfeld der Römischen Kaiserzeit in SiekerCountry: Germany
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Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bielefeld Nearest Village: Sieker
Latitude: 52.009984N Longitude: 8.570036E
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 |
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 |
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The remains of 25 houses were excavated between 1981 and 1986 in Bielefeld-Sieker (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). The settlement was built by the Germans and was used from the late Iron Age (ca. 1rst century BC) to Medieval times (ca. 1100 AD).
The position of one of the Germanic byre-dwellings is marked for vistors. Granite blocks have been placed on the spots where the postholes of the former timber post had been found. The house is 22 m long and 6.30 m broad.
The archaeologists found the waste of the former settlement in the nearby creek. Moreover, 55 Germanic graves have been found in the nearby modern cemetery between 1960 and 1973.
Reference:
[01] Berenger, D.: Bielefeld-Sieker: Siedlung und Gräberfeld der römischen Kaiserzeit. In: Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Ausflugsziele zwischen Detmold, Bielefeld und Porta Westfalica. - Ausflüge zur Archäologie, Geschichte und Kultur. Band 50 (2009).
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