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<< Image Pages >> Wallburg Piepenkopf - Hillfort in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wallburg Piepenkopf Alternative Name: Hameleburg, Amelungsburg
Country: Germany
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Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dörentrup
Latitude: 52.043333N  Longitude: 8.968889E
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Wallburg Piepenkopf
Wallburg Piepenkopf submitted by Creative Commons : Site map of the Iron Age hillfort Piepenkopf in Dörentrup (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). „Piepenkopf“ von Lippisches Landesmuseum - Eigenes Werk. Lizenziert unter CC BY-SA 3.0 über Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piepenkopf.png#/media/File:Piepenkopf.png (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Piepenkopf is a hillfort in Dörentrup (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The enclosure dates from the La Tène period of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. Radiocarbon dating and discovered pieces of pottery indicate, that the enclosure was built in ca. 250 BC.

The hillfort is situated on Kleeberg hill. The hill top is surrounded by a triangular rampart/ditch system, which was fortified with a dry stone wall. The eastern part was secured by an additional rampart and a ditch. The northern part lies directly at a steep valley and was only additionally secured by a palisade. The central enclosure measures 7 ha. This area also includes a well for the supply with fresh water and terraces that could have been used as meadows for cattle.

It is assumed that Piepenkopf was used at the same time as the nearby Amelungsburg hillfort, which is situated on a hill with the same name. Therefore, it is possible, that both hillforts formed a disconnected fortification system. Sometimes the Piepenkopf hillfort itself is called Amelungsburg or Hameleburg.

The excavations indicate, that the Piepenkopf hillfort was burned down and was not rebuilt again.


Literature:
[01] Hohenschwert, F.: Der Kreis Lippe I – Einführendende Aufsätze (1985).
[02] Hohenschwert, F.: Der Kreis Lippe II – Führer zu archäologischen Denkmälern in Deutschland (1985).
[03] Hohenschwert, F.: Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Befestigungen in Lippe. Herausgegeben von der Altertumskommission für Westfalen (1978).

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