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<< Our Photo Pages >> Robank Fürstengrabhügel - Artificial Mound in Switzerland in Zürich

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 4756

Multi-periodSite Name: Robank Fürstengrabhügel
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 19.438 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Zürich Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Zürich  Nearest Village: Wetzikon
Latitude: 47.324790N  Longitude: 8.771340E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
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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Robank Fürstengrabhügel
Robank Fürstengrabhügel submitted by Megalithic89 : View from NW. Photo taken in May 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tumulus in Zürich


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Robank Fürstengrabhügel
Robank Fürstengrabhügel submitted by Megalithic89 : View from SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robank Fürstengrabhügel
Robank Fürstengrabhügel submitted by Megalithic89 : Site in Wetzikon Switzerland Today (2021) it is the second biggest tumulus in Switzerland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Robank Fürstengrabhügel by Megalithic89 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021
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Second biggest tumulus remained preserved in Switzerland. It was most probably built over a smaller tumulus of Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC) towards the end of Early Iron Age, so c. 500 BC. Presumed to be the burial place of a celtic big landowner of the Late Hallstatt Culture. The hill has a diameter of about 40m and today is still 3,5m high. It was excavated in 1888 by J. Messikommer. In the year 1907 it was excavated a second time.

In Bois de Moncor near Villars-sur-Glane a bigger tumulus later was discovered. The archaeologists of Canton of Fribourg found out that Moncor tumulus is 1,75 km away from Chatillon-sur-Glane settlement. Robank Fürstengrabhügel is also 1,75 km away from a hillfort settlement (Heidenburg near Aathal at 47.33847N, 8.75947E).

Robank tumulus is located next to a forest road, one needs a map to find it.

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