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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg Großer Hünenring Alternative Name: GrotenburgCountry: Germany
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Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Detmold
Latitude: 51.912288N Longitude: 8.842592E
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Harald_Platta visited on 2nd Mar 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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The hillfort measures 300 x 400 m and had a space of 11 ha. While most of the ramparts are preserved, no remains were found at the western part of the hill. Because this side of the hill is very steep, it was speculated that possibly this part had no ramparts at all.
The enclosure also included a well for the supply with fresh water. Several post holes were found inside of the enclosure, indicating the localization of houses.
Unfortunately, most of the interior space and parts of the ramparts were destroyed during the construction work for the Hermannsdenkmal (1838-1875). However, most of the ramparts are still visible today. Moreover, a part of the wooden palisade has been reconstructed.
The remains of the medieval hillfort Kleiner Hünenring are also preserved on Grotenburg hill (coordinates: 51.913440, 8.848750).
Literature:
[01] Teude, E.: Das Hermannsdenkmal und der Kleine und Große Hünenring. In: Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Ausflugsziele zwischen Detmold, Bielefeld und Porta Westfalica. Ausflüge zu Archäologie, Geschichte und Kultur in Deutschland 50 (2009).
[02] Hohenschwert, F.: Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Befestigungen in Lippe. Lippische Studien, Bd. 4, (1978).
[03] Hölzermann, L.: Lokaluntersuchungen, die Kriege der Römer und Befestigungsmanieren der Germanen, Sachsen und des späteren Mittelalters betreffend (1878).
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