<< Our Photo Pages >> Helfensteine - Hillfort in Germany in Hesse
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: HelfensteineCountry: Germany Land: Hesse Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kassel Nearest Village: Zierenberg
Latitude: 51.362200N Longitude: 9.347200E
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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Janek visited on 6th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
The Helfensteine is a hillfort of the younger stoneage. People used it also later in the iron age and the medieval-times. At the nearby "Doernberg" another hillfort called "Hohlestein" can be found.
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