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Celtic Fortress Wachenbach

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Celtic Fortress Wachenbach

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Celtic Fortress Wachenbach

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Location: Spangdahlem, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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heinz.zell-krewer

December 10, 2019

Celtic fortress Wachenbach
Spangdahlem, community Spangdahlem
description
Location on a mountain spur above the Kailbach. Probably bailey to a larger castle on today's airfield (lost). Such a main castle is due to the expansion of the airport, today only detectable by circumstantial evidence.

Celtic "Vorburg Wachenbach"
Ring-shaped walls, sandstone, ringwall diameter about 400 meters. The estimable wall width varies between 1 and 5 meters. Wall height even today, sometimes even higher than 0.5 meters. Probably type "Murus gallicus" or similar. Sandstone processing for beam support seems demonstrable. According to the stone spread estimated original wall height 2 - 4 meters. Formats of recognizable single stones in the majority between 30 and 50 cm. Largest recognizable stone with a length of approx. 1.50 meters (foundation stone, gate enclosure or similar)

Condition: heavily mossy and wooded, weathered branches.

It seems as if between the Celtic castle and the Roman reference site (kulturdb.de/einobjekt.php?id=10344;) could have existed a route connection. [1]

classification
Category:
Archaeological monuments / fortifications, fortifications and military installations / fortresses and bunkers
Time:
About 500 BC to about 500 AD
Epoch:
Celtic / Roman times

location
Geographical coordinates (WGS 1984) in decimal degrees:
lon: 6.720019
lat: 49.985064
Positional quality of the coordinates: Exactly
Field name: Saalholz

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