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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg Amelungsburg (Lipper Bergland)Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.428 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dörentrup
Latitude: 52.047778N Longitude: 8.984167E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The enclosure is situated on a hill, which is also called Amelungsburg. It is assumed that it was used at the same time as the nearby Piepenkopf hillfort, which is situated on Kleeberg hill. It is possible, that both hillforts formed a disconnected fortification system.
Today, the central ramparts of Amelungsburg hillfort, which are located at the top of the hill, are not visible anymore. However, the remains of a rampart and ditch are preserved at the foot of the hill. This part of the fortification was thought to control the entrance to the path leading to the central enclosure at the hill top.
Literature:
[01] Cosack, E.: Amelungsburg - Von den Kelten überfallen?. In: An Weser und Leine – Ausflüge zwischen Hannover, hildesheim, Schaumburg und Hameln. - Ausflüge zur Archäologie, Geschichte und Kultur in Deutschland. Band 59 (2015). [02] Hohenschwert, F.: Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Befestigungen in Lippe. Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen (1978).
[03] Nebelsiek, L.: Vor- und frühgeschichtliche Burgen in Lippe, Lippischer Kalender (1950).
[04] Hölzermann, L.: Lokaluntersuchungen, die Kriege der Römer und Befestigungsmanieren der Germanen, Sachsen und des späteren Mittelalters betreffend (1878).
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