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<< Text Pages >> Allenbach Ringkopf - Hillfort in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 25 June 2010  Page Views: 2049

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Allenbach Ringkopf
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.662 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Idar-Oberstein  Nearest Village: Allenbach
Latitude: 49.751332N  Longitude: 7.204774E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
4

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Iron age Hillfort in Rhineland-Palatinate

The Ringkopf is a Celtic Hillfort of the year 520 BCE. The triangular plateau measures approximately 1 ha. It was build with a kind of 'Murus Gallicus' wall. The Kirschweiler Festung Hillfort is located 1.5 km to the northeast.
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