<< Our Photo Pages >> Bornkasten - Hillfort in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: BornkastenCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.165 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Montabaur Nearest Village: Nomborn
Latitude: 50.434364N Longitude: 7.908941E
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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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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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Janek visited on 10th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Neolithic hillfort (4000 BCE), later in Bronze-age (9.-8th century BCE) it was inahbated again. The site lies on an old vulcano called Bornkasten.
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