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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Sinsener Wallburg Alternative Name: Die Burg, Sinsener VolksburgCountry: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Marl Nearest Village: Sinsen
Latitude: 51.653893N Longitude: 7.174260E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Harald_Platta visited on 21st Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Discovered potsherds date from the 8th century and suggest that the fortification was built by the carolingians.
Today, many parts of the ramparts are still visible. The central ramparts cannot be accessed because they lie in a protected area. However, the south-western part of the outer rampart lies directly adjacent to the footpath.
References:
[01] Grünewald, C.: „Die Burg“. In: BurgenAufruhr: Unterwegs zu 100 Burgen, Schlössern und Herrensitzen in der Ruhrregion (2010).
[02] Peine, H.-W.: Befestiget Höfe und Wallburgen im Münsterland. Königtum und Adel im 9. bis 11. Jahrhundert. In: Gabriele Isenberg & Barbara Romme (Hrsg.): 805: Liudger wird Bischof (2005).
[03] Hömberg, P.R.: Die Burgen des frühen Mittelalters in Westfalen: In: Bernhard Sicherl (Red.). Hinter Shloss und Riegel. Burgen und Befestigungen in Westfalen (1997).
[04] Hömberg, P.R.: Die archäologischen Untersuchungen in der Wallburg bei Sinsen, Kreis Recklinghausen. In: Vestische Zeitschrift Bd. 76 (1977).
[05] Verstege, A.: War die „Burg“ bewohnt? Grabungen mit Abstrichen in der Sinsener Burg. Vestischer Kalender (1975).
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