Hünenburg (Ohle)
| Hünenburg | ||
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| Creation time : | 700 to 800 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Place: | Plettenberg - Ohle | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 14 '11.5 " N , 7 ° 49' 22.2" E | |
| Height: | 375 m above sea level NN | |
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The Hünenburg is a hill fort on the Lenne near Ohle in Plettenberg , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located on the summit of the Sundern at 375 m above sea level. NN height. Its origin as a refugee castle is believed to date back to the Carolingian era .
The ramparts enclose an area of around 7 hectares . Inside there is a square stone castle measuring 35 by 50 meters. The walls were about 2.5 meters wide and probably about 3 meters high. Manfred Sönnecken suspected Celtic origins in the La Tène period .
literature
- K. Mummenthey: Second directory of the stone and earth monuments of the southern region of indefinite age . First and second directory, Hagen 1888/1890.
- KH Anton F. Chr. Daniel: Legends and stories from the middle Lenne . 1882.
- PD Frommann: From the Hünenburg on the Sundern near Ohle and rural settlements in their vicinity . Published by Buchhandlung Hans Plettendorff, Plettenberg 1949.
- Torsten Capelle: Wall castles in Westphalia-Lippe . Published by the Antiquities Commission for Westphalia, Münster 2010, ISSN 0939-4745 , p. 15f. No. XV ( Early Castles in Westphalia special volume 1 )