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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg HohenseelenbachskopfCountry: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Neunkirchen
Latitude: 50.759914N Longitude: 7.987489E
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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The Wallburg Hohenseelenbachskopf was an Iron Age hillfort in Neunkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
It is assumed that the hillfort was built by the Celts between 500 and 300 BC. It was situated on a basalt plateau at the top of Hohenseelenbachskopf hill.
The site was reused in medieval times for the construction of Seelbach Castle.
Between 1900 and 1925, the basalt plateau was removed. The remains of the hillfort and the castle have been destroyed.
Literature:
[01] Hoffmann, J.: Hohenseelbach. Wahrzeichen der Heimat in 2500-jähriger Geschichte und heute (1954).
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