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<< Other Photo Pages >> Wallburg Wittekindsburg (Barkhausen) - Hillfort in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg Wittekindsburg (Barkhausen)
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 6.763 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Porta Westfalica
Latitude: 52.247850N  Longitude: 8.883897E
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
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3 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
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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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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Wallburg Wittekindsburg (Barkhausen)
Wallburg Wittekindsburg (Barkhausen) submitted by Creative Commons : „Wittekindsburg Wallrest“ von Benutzer:AxelHH - Foto aufgenommen von Benutzer:AxelHH. Lizenziert unter Gemeinfrei über Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittekindsburg_Wallrest.jpg#/media/File:Wittekindsburg_Wallrest.jpg (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Wallburg Wittekindsburg is a hillfort in Porta Westfalica (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The hillfort dates from the Pre-Roman Iron Age and was used from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.

The hillfort measures 650 x 100 m. The northern and eastern ramparts are still relatively well preserved. The southern part had a weaker fortification, because it was mainly protected by the steep mountain side. The enclosure included also a well for the supply with fresh water.

The hillfort was reused in the 7th century AD by the Saxons. The hillfort was therefore named after their leader Wittekind.

Literature:
[01] Plöger, R.: Die Wittekindsburg an der Porta Westfalica, Kreis Minden Lübbecke. In: Frühe Burgen in Westfalen. 2. Auflage. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Heft 11 (2005).
[02] Capelle, T.: Wallburgen in Westfalen-Lippe. Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen, Frühe Burgen in Westfalen, Sonderband 1 (2010).

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