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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Cologne Wharf Alternative Name: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Country: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Cologne
Latitude: 50.937047N  Longitude: 6.963208E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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Cologne Wharf
Cologne Wharf submitted by Harald_Platta : The image shows oak stakes from the Roman harbour in the Ubii city Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). They are displayed in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Cologne Roman Wharf epitomizes the naval presence and legacy of Imperial Rome throughout much of the ancient world. The December 9, 2007 discovery of a two millennia old Roman barge enhances the prominence of this site relative to ancient shipping. An eight square meter flat bottom section of the oak hull with huge iron nails was found protruding from submerged mud on the banks of the Rhine. The find, likely the oldest extant boat in Central Europe, is consistent with prior archaeological data that the Cologne Wharf was the center of a vibrant regional shipping trade in the Roman Empire.

HISTORY. The Romans penetrated to the interior of many lands by river navigation, as in the case of establishing Roman ‘'Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium'‘ or Cologne. Colonia originally grew up as a civilian settlement or "vicus", ancillary to a Roman naval presence centered on the wharf . (Barker, 1999), which vici were common near Roman forts along Hadrian's Wall, (Hogan, 2007) Brittania at large and other Roman colonies. Cologne like York evolved from a purely military vicus to a large medieval settlement; whereas, many vici merely dissolved after the fall of the Roman Empire. (Barker, 1999) Not far from the wharf stands an intricately built and well preserved Roman stone tower as well as ruins of the original Roman walls. The Cologne wharf was the centroid of urban development, with concentric rings spreading from that point. Such a pattern was common for a number of Roman towns including Rouen and Bordeaux; (Chesterton, 1987) however, Cologne typifies this concentric development pattern more clearly and at a larger scale than most. A well preserved aqueduct system is extant in Colonia.

There is considerable evidence from recordings in other countries that the Cologne Wharf was a veritable hub of Roman era trade. For example, Cologne merchants are cited as having permanent bases on the Thames in the earliest recorded mention of the ancient Dowgate Wharf in London. (Greatheed, 1865) Diverse goods were trafficked through the Cologne Wharf in ancient times; moreover, finds from antiquity around the Cologne Wharf reveal that manufactured goods from Whitby jet are more abundant at Colonia than any other world site. (Wacher, 1995) Whitby amber is derived from Yorkshire geological formations. Import of this black amber resulted in enormous numbers of Colonia finds of pins, beads, bracelets and other manufactured items made from Whitby jet.

THE 2007 DISCOVERY. The substantial boat found submerged in eight meters of water on the Cologne banks is a further indication of the naval freight loaded through this ancient port. University of Cologne researchers have dated the oaken hull, establishing that the tree began its growth in 142 BC, even though that doesn't establish the precise time of construction. Evidence points to the forest of origin as the highlands east of Cologne, so that it is likely that the barge was constructed at Colonia. (Roman, 2007) Researchers suggest that the total length of the flat bottomed vessel would have been about 24 meters, but the construction crew mistakenly destroyed part of the boat by concrete trough filling. The barge had a likely beam width of 3.5 meters and a capacity of 20 to 30 tons, suitable for transporting cattle, stone, firewood or construction timber.

REFERENCES
* ‘'Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology'‘, Routledge, 1219 pages,
ISBN 0415064481

* C. Michael Hogan (2007) ‘'Hadrian's Wall'‘, the Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
* G. K. Chesterton (1987) ‘'The collected works of G.K. Chesterton'‘, Ignatius Press ISBN 089870244
* Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, William Hendry Stowell, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood (1865) ‘'The Eclectic Review'‘
* John Wacher (1995) ‘' The Towns of Roman Britain'‘, Routledge ISBN 071347319
* ‘'Roman barge under Cologne to reveal shipping history'‘ (Dec. 9, 2007) EARTHtimes.org

The above is original research of C. Michael Hogan prepared for the Megalithic Portal.
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Cologne Wharf
Cologne Wharf submitted by Harald_Platta : The image shows oak stakes of the Roman harbour and the head of a sea god found in the Ubii city Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). They are displayed in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cologne Wharf
Cologne Wharf submitted by Harald_Platta : The image shows a model of a Roman ship from the Ubii city Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). This Prahm (Pram ship) was originally 3.80 m broad and could load up to 60 t. The model is displayed in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Cologne Wharf by Anonymous on Wednesday, 14 October 2009
I've checked your references. "Hogan 2007 Hadrian's Wall" doesn't mention vici near forts on the wall. "Chesterton, 1987" - don't you know he died in 1936? "The Collected Works" pub. Ignatious Press comes in nine volumes, which volume and which work in particular? Not the poetry or "Father Brown" stories I assume? It's news to me that he published anything on archaeology or related subjects. What does the reference "(Roman, 2007)" mean?

None of the published sources you cite mention the boat - they were published well before 2007. Your "research" on the boat was done on the internet. In fact the article you took details of the find from (the last listed) is a better read.

"Centroid" is a purely geometric term. You shouldn't use words you don't understand. "on the banks of the Rhine" - must have been a big boat, to stretch all the way across the Rhine. "protruding from submerged mud" - the mud was on the river bank, so wasn't submerged. If you mean buried, then nothing would protrude from it.

"The find, likely the oldest extant boat in Central Europe" - nonsense, many boats from the early Iron Age have been found all over Europe. If you were as knowledgeable as you claim to be, you'd have known that.

You refer to Whitby Jet as "amber". Jet is a carboniferous deposit akin to coal. Amber is fossilized tree resin, and is most certainly not black.

You use the word "meters" here, whereas you mostly use "metres", elsewhere on this site, the British english spelling Does that reveal the nationality of the sources you copied from?

By the way, "original research" is research that is not exclusively based on a summary, review or synthesis of earlier publications on the subject . None of your articles are therefore "original research"
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