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Multi-periodSite Name: Ringwall Gehrdener BurgbergCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 1.049 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Gehrden
Latitude: 52.314520N Longitude: 9.585571E
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 |
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| -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 |
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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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The hillfort is located on the crest of the hill. It has the dimensions of 140 m × 75 m and encloses a semicircular oval area of about one hectare. The ramparts have been omitted at the North-Western part, as the steep hill slope offered protection. At the others sides, the ramparts and their ditches are still clearly visible in the terrain. The rampart had the height of about 1.2 m. Because it had been errected on a hill edge, the fortification was 5 m high and was very impressive when seen from the outside.
It is not clear when the hillfort was built. The finds from the hill indicate that the site was inhabitated from the Neolithic to early Medieval times. The hillfort was most likely built between the 1rst and 3rd century. The site was interpreted as Cheruskerburg ("Cherusci Castle") in the 1930`s. However, there is no evidence to connect the hillfort to the Cherusci.
References:
[01] Bartelt, U.: Die Wallanlage auf den Gehrdener Burgberg. In: An Weser und Leine – Ausflüge zwischen Hannover, Hildesheim, Schaumburg und Hameln. - Ausflüge zur Archäologie, Geschichte und Kultur in Deutschland. Band 59 (2015).
[02] Heine, H.-W.: Die ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Burgwälle im Regierungsbezirk Hannover (2000).
[03] Weber, G.: Die ehemalige Cheruskerburg mit Wallanlage auf dem Burgberg. In: Heimatkundliche Blätter Stadt Gehrden (1991).
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