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Submitted by klausschindl on Monday, 09 March 2009  Page Views: 7815

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Gars-Thunau Hillfort Alternative Name: Thunau am Kamp
Country: Austria Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Gars am Kamp
Latitude: 48.351990N  Longitude: 15.385583E
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.
5 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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Gars-Thunau Hillfort
Gars-Thunau Hillfort submitted by klausschindl : Site in Lower Austria: Another Picture of the outer defensive walls in Gars Thunau, Lower Austria (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Lower Austria

Hillfort in Lower Austria, close to Gars am Kamp.

Findings from late neolithic to early medieval times.
Biggest part of the still existing structures has been built in the early iron age. The Fort was important for merchants coming from all over central and eastern europe due to its ideal location. The city must have flourished until the slavs attacked and probably destroyed the fort.

Later an early christian slav church was erected at the cliffs of the end of the fort. It's foundations still remained until today. During excavations several in strange ways executed men and children have been found next to the church, usually the dead were buried at the nearby cemetary. The people might have been killed in a ritual.

The Fort is naturally protected from two sides.
The third side can be accessed through a steep path, where a gatehouse with tower hast been reconstructed. The foundations of the walls still existed and were built from expensive stone that had to be carried more than 100 km to the hillfort. This might show the wealth of this ancient settlement. The reconstrucion of the tower is incorrect, as stated by the local archaeologists.

The fourth side can be easily accessed and was heavily defended by very strong walls up to six meters high (2 meters and more can still be seen today) and more than 10 meters thick. The Frontside was a wood-stone-earth construcion that was burnt down during the erection to protect the wood from weathering and to harden it.
Altogether the site shows three gates.

Today the site is an important place for education of young archaeologists. Each year educational excavations take place in Thunau with mostly students from the Vienna Institute for Archaeology. To attract tourists several signposts with explanations have been erected.

Easy to find, easy to access, definitely worth a visit!

source a.o.: http://www.austriaca.at/?arp=0x0010f2a6
Maciej Karwowski, Thunau am Kamp – Eine befestigte Höhensiedlung (Grabung 1965–1990)
ISBN 978-3-7001-3603-3
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Gars-Thunau Hillfort
Gars-Thunau Hillfort submitted by klausschindl : Site in Lower Austria: A very large Hillfort with strong fortifications. Walls are still more than 2 Meters high today. Some late neolithic finds, but the main part of the structure was errected in the early iron age an used until the early middle ages when it was conquered by he slavs. In the picture the outer fortification wall can be seen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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