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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kastelberg OppidiumCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 6.309 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68) Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Mulhouse Nearest Village: Koestlach
Latitude: 47.499380N Longitude: 7.278710E
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 |
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Promontory Fort in Haut Rhin
Iron Age Fort, later re-used by Romans overlooking the strategic rhine valley, so useful for spotting invading germans. Park in town and follow foot path to top of Kastelber Mountain. There is a natural rock outcrop with a plateau behind it. Nothing other than lose stones are visible. 588 Meters altitude.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Positional co-ordinates taken from a gps fix
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