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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Veledahöhle Alternative Name: Hohler Stein
Country: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Bestwig
Latitude: 51.348564N  Longitude: 8.379019E
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
 5 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
 5

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Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the the Western entrance of the cave. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).

The cave is 243 m long and up to 50 m deep. While it has three entrances, only the entrance in the West is easily accessable with a guided tour.

The cave contained mostly finds from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. Among those were pieces of pottery, jewellery and the remains of 32 human skeletons. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery.
According to a local legend, the Germanic seeress Veleda lived in this cave.

References:
[01] Behaghel, H.: Die Eisenzeit im Raume des rechtsrheinischen Schiefergebirges (1949).
[02] Carthaus, E.: Über die Ausgrabungen in der Veledahöhle unweit Velmede im oberen Ruhrtale. Prähistorische Zeitschrift (1911).
[03] Groeteken, F.A.: Die Sagen des Sauerlandes. Nachdruck der zweite verbesserte Auflage (1983).
[04] Hochsauerlandkreis – Untere Landschaftsbehörde: Landschaftsplan Bestwig (2008).
[05] Huyskens, A.: Der Kreis Meschede unter der Feuerwalze des Zweiten Weltkrieges – Aus den Erlebnisberichten vieler Mitarbeiter aus dem ganzen Kreisgebiet zusammengestellt und dargestellt im Auftrage der Kreisverwaltung (1949).
[06] Kuhn, A.: Sagen, Gebräuche und Märchen aus Westfalen und einigen anderen besonders der angrenzenden Gegenden Norddeutschlands. Zweiter Theil: Gebräuche und Märchen (1859).
[07] Kohle, F.: Die Gemeinde Velmede. Aus ihrer Vor- und Heimatgeschichte (1958).


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Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Creative Commons : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the western entrance. By DonGatley (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the three openings of the cave. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the the Eastern entrance of the cave. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View into the cave through the Western entrance of the cave. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the old information panel at the Western entrance of the cave. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at central small cave opening. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the new information panel at the site. The photo was taken in July 2018. © Platta 2018

Veledahöhle
Veledahöhle submitted by Harald_Platta : The Veledahöhle is a cave in Bestwig (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several finds date from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. This may indicate that the cave was a sacral place or a cemetery. View at the map of the cave displayed on the information panel at the site. The photo was taken in July 2018.

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