Roman circular moat on the Sparrenberger Egge

Remains of the Roman circular moat

Information board on site

The Roman circular moat on the Sparrenberger Egge are the remains of the construction site of a Roman tower, probably a signal tower , from the time of the Romans in Germania in Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia . First, a suspicious embankment was noticed near the Gasthof Brand's Busch , which was investigated in more detail in 1989. The system has a diameter of 32 m. It was not completed. The wall-ditch defense should surround the tower. Shoe nails and a coin found within the complex probably come from Roman soldiers from the years 32/31 BC. Until the discovery of the Roman marching hammernear Sennestadt a corresponding camp was suspected here in the area not far from the Bielefelder Pass .

literature

• Bérenger, Daniel: In illo tempore. Bielefeld in Roman times . In: The Minden-Ravensberger . No. 65 , 1993, pp. 44-46 .
• Bérenger, Daniel: Bielefeld: A Roman sentry on the Sparrenberger Egge , In: Ostwestfalen-Lippe - excursions to archeology, history and culture , Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8062-2303-3

Web links

• The logistics of the Varus
• Bielefeld leaves Roman relic to rot. Neue Westfälische, August 5, 2015, accessed on February 26, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinz-Dieter Zutz: The Roman circle grave plant on the rafter Berger Egge in Bielefeld. (PDF) Retrieved March 21, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 11.9 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 41.5 ″  E