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Bronze Age Hilltop Settlement Chestenberg

Bronze Age Hilltop Settlement Chestenberg

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Bronze Age Hilltop Settlement Chestenberg

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Location: Aargau, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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1. Chestenberg Ridge – Rose Garden at Wildegg Castle loop from Brunegg

9.49km

02:54

340m

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2. Chestenberg Ridge – Brunegg Castle loop from Holderbank AG

10.5km

03:09

320m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Brunegg Castle – Chestenberg Ridge loop from Lupfig

8.61km

02:43

310m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Priska

August 16, 2019

On the steep ridge of the Chestenberg between the Brunegg and Wildegg castles, a small plateau is separated by two ditches 20-30 meters wide and 5 meters deep. The protected area is no more than 10 x 50 meters and is far away from springs and farmland. Nevertheless, the protection offered by this remote place was so important in various eras that it outweighed the inconvenience of living up here.
This unusual place must be imagined to have been inhabited, especially in the late Bronze Age, around 1050-850 BC, and in the early Iron Age (Hallstatt period) around 700-500 BC. During archaeological excavations in the 1950s, several house plans were uncovered. They belonged to a development with small houses that were only 15-20 square meters in size.
Millstones, jewelry, bronze and iron weapons, tools and, above all, the more than 13,000 ceramic shards excavated by archaeologists clearly show that people lived here for decades and that it was not just a place of refuge that was visited in times of war.

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Jeni59

January 23, 2022

The excavations are well laid out and documented.

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Heloks

February 28, 2022

Well documented settlement around 3300 BC, exciting where people lived in early times

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Bronze Age Hilltop Settlement Chestenberg

1. Chestenberg Ridge – Rose Garden at Wildegg Castle loop from Brunegg

2. Chestenberg Ridge – Brunegg Castle loop from Holderbank AG

3. Brunegg Castle – Chestenberg Ridge loop from Lupfig

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