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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Rethlager QuellenCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 1.855 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Detmold
Latitude: 51.931565N Longitude: 8.766038E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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 |
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The Rethlager Quellen are springs in Detmold (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). The remains of several Mesolithic huts were found near the wells. Two of the huts have been reconstructed in the Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen.
Literature:
[01] Luley, H.: Mittelsteinzeitliche Wohnhütten an den Retlager Quellen. Ein wichtiger Baustein in der mitteleuropäischen Urgeschichtsforschung - Mitteilungen aus der lippischen Geschichte und Landeskunde, Nr. 51 (1982).
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