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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mussig Tumuli - Artificial Mound in France in Alsace-Lorraine:Bas-Rhin (67)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3877

Multi-periodSite Name: Mussig Tumuli
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 8.418 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Alsace-Lorraine:Bas-Rhin (67) Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Selestat  Nearest Village: Mussig
Latitude: 48.238170N  Longitude: 7.503240E
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
4 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
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Mussig Tumuli
Mussig Tumuli submitted by AlexHunger : Mussig Tumuli Largest of 12 Tumuli. In fields near river. Round, about 2 Meters tall and about 10 Meters wide covered with trees and bushes. This set of Tumuli is only about 500 meters away from the 4 Nachtweide Tumuli in the next field. They are thought to be from the iron age. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tumulus in Bas Rhin


2 large Tumuli about 2 meteres tall + 10 smaller ones. North of road, 1 Km West from Town near River, Probably Iron Age

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Mussig Tumuli
Mussig Tumuli submitted by AlexHunger : Mussig Tumuli 6th largest of 12 Tumuli. In fields near river. Round, about 70 Cm tall A veritable necropolis. This set of Tumuli is only about 500 meters away from the 4 Nachtweide Tumuli in the next field. They are thought to be from the iron age. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mussig Tumuli
Mussig Tumuli submitted by AlexHunger : Mussig Tumuli 5th largest of 12 Tumuli. In fields near river. Round, about 80 Cm tall A veritable necropolis. This set of Tumuli is only about 500 meters away from the 4 Nachtweide Tumuli in the next field. They are all thought to be from the iron age. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mussig Tumuli
Mussig Tumuli submitted by AlexHunger : Mussig Tumuli 4th largest of 12 Tumuli. In fields near river. Round, about 1 Meters tall and about 6 Meters wide with parts of a 5th in background at the edge of the field. A vereitable necropolis. This set of Tumuli is only about 500 meters away from the 4 Nachtweide Tumuli in the next field. They are thought to be from the iron age. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mussig Tumuli
Mussig Tumuli submitted by AlexHunger : Mussig Tumuli Third largest of 12 Tumuli. In fields near river. Round, about 1.2 Meters tall and about 6 Meters wide covered with three bushes. The local farmers may have eroded the exposed areas, as the rest of the Tumulus is otherwise rounded. This set of Tumuli is only about 500 meters away from the 4 Nachtweide Tumuli in the next field. They are thought to be from the iron age. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mussig Tumuli
Mussig Tumuli submitted by AlexHunger : Mussig Tumuli Second largest of 12 Tumuli. In fields near river. Round, about 1.8 Meters tall and about 10 Meters wide covered with trees and bushes. The local farmer also uses it to store firewood and assorted bric-a-brac. This set of Tumuli is only about 500 meters away from the 4 Nachtweide Tumuli in the next field. They are thought to be from the iron age. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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