Burgus Heumensoord
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 32.4 " N , 5 ° 52 ′ 11.3" E
| Burgus Heumensoord | |
|---|---|
| Alternative name | Watchtower Heumensoord |
| limes | Lower Germanic Limes |
| section | Meuse line |
| Dating (occupancy) | 4th century |
| Type | Late antique fortress |
| size | A) 34 m × 35 m = 1100 square meters B) 22.5 m × 22.5 m = 500 square meters |
| Construction | 1.) Wood-earth fort 2.) Wood-earth fort with tuff stones (?) |
| State of preservation | Ground monument |
| place | Nijmegen |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 47 '32.4 " N , 5 ° 52' 11.3" E |
| height | 19 m NAP |
| Previous | Noviomagus Batavorum (north) |
| Subsequently | Ceuclum (south) |
The Burgus Heumensoord (also watchtower Heumensoord ) was a small Roman fortification from late antiquity on the territory of the Gelderland municipality of Heumen in the Netherlands.
location
The watchtower, whose defensive trenches have been made visible again in the area, is located in the Heumensoord nature reserve and recreational area. In ancient times he guarded the Roman highway following the course of the Meuse , which led from Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum , the capital of the Batavian civitas , to Aduatuca Tungrorum , the main town of the Tungerer civitas .
Findings
The Burgus was discovered during excavations in 1931/1932. A total of two construction phases could be identified. In both cases the system was square. In the first construction phase it had a side length of 33 meters (= almost 1100 m²). The small fortress was surrounded by a wood and earth wall and a two to five meter wide defensive moat. In a second construction phase, it was reduced to 22.5 m by 22.5 m (= a good 500 m²) and possibly partly built using tuff stone . Most of the finds come from the fourth century, but finds from the second and third centuries also indicate that a beneficiary station may have existed at this point at an earlier point in time .
In 1972 the site of the Burgus was placed under protection as Rijksmonument 45554 by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed under the Dutch Monument Protection Act of 1988 .
literature
- Tilmann Bechert , Harry van Enckevoort and Willem JH Willems : From the Lippe to the Waal . In: Tilmann Bechert and Willem J. H. Willems (eds.): The Roman border between the Moselle and the North Sea coast . Theiss, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1189-2 , p. 72.
- Evert van Ginkel and Koos Steehouwer: ANWB archeologieboek Nederland . ANWB, The Hague 1998, p. 73
- RHJ Klok: Reisboek voor Romeins Nederland en Belgie . Fibula-Van Dishoeck, Bussum 1981, pp. 30-31.
- B. van der Meulen: The Late Roman limes revisited. The changing function of the Roman army in the Dutch river / coastal area (AD 260-406 / 7) . UvA Scripties, Universiteit van Amsterdam 2017, p. 32f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Heumen, Roman watchtower on the website excitingegeschichte.com, accessed on December 3, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Hendrik Holwerda : Romeinsch miniatuurcastellum in Heumensoord . In: Oudheidkundige Mededeelingen 14, 1933, pp. 11-25.
- ^ Tilmann Bechert, Harry van Enckevoort and Willem JH Willems: From the Lippe to the Waal . In: Tilmann Bechert and Willem J. H. Willems (eds.): The Roman border between the Moselle and the North Sea coast . Theiss, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1189-2 , p. 72
- ↑ Rijksmonument 45554: Terrein waarin overblijfselen wakes tors van een Romeinse. Datering: 4e eeuw in the official monument register of the Rijksdienst vor het Cultureel Erfgoed (Dutch), accessed on December 2, 2018.
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