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Farschweiler

Roman Aqueduct near Farschweiler

Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Farschweiler

Roman Aqueduct near Farschweiler

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Roman Aqueduct near Farschweiler

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Location: Farschweiler, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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September 17, 2021

A Roman aqueduct

As early as 1929, a Roman canal water pipe was observed in the vicinity of today's sports field at a depth of about 4m. The tunnel, which was partially still accessible, had been driven underground from vertical working shafts at a distance of about 10m. At the bottom of the tunnel, a canal lined and covered with stone slabs led clean groundwater down into the valley on a gentle slope. A working shaft with a depth of at least 19m, which may also belong to this water pipe, was observed in 1937 on the slope 300m above and is still visible. Correspondingly constructed water supply tunnels are also called Qanat aqueducts according to their origin in the Middle East. In the Trier region, numerous Roman villas were supplied with clean drinking water through such elaborate buildings. The qanats above Farschweiler give a clear indication that a Roman villa must have existed in the western area of the village. Except for a late Roman sarcophagus, no direct evidence is known so far. During the unsuccessful search to find the water pipe in 1929, another water pipe, presumably also Roman, was discovered west of the sports field. When the original site was excavated, the lower part of this line has already been destroyed. Here, too, there is a canal lined and covered with stone slabs, originally covered with earth and sealed. It takes up a similar canal from the side and still feeds a trickle running down the valley. In contrast to the qanats observed earlier, these canals are built from the surface in an open construction. The amount poured was certainly modest and fluctuating strongly in accordance with the shallow depth. Perhaps it is a supplementary water collector for the main canal. Source: Text Heimat und Verkehrsverein Farschweiler e.V.

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

October 14, 2021

Here you can see occasional supply lines with quarry stones to the Roman aqueduct, which was found in a tunnel several meters deep. There a canal covered with plates carries the water.

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