<< Our Photo Pages >> Abschnittsbefestigung Alsdorf - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Abschnittsbefestigung Alsdorf Alternative Name: Alsdorfer BurgCountry: Germany Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Betzdorf Nearest Village: Alsdorf
Latitude: 50.781790N Longitude: 7.884920E
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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The promonotory fort is located on a small hill near the graveyard of the village Alsdorf. It consists of a rampart and a ditch, both heavily eroded. It is believed that the fortification dates back to prehistoric times and that it is related to iron smelting activities in the nearby Heller Valley and Daaden Valley during the Latene Period of the Iron Age.
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