Duiven-Loowaard fort

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Duiven-Loowaard fort
limes Lower Germanic Limes
Dating (occupancy) around 40/50 to / again 4th century (?)
State of preservation washed away by the Rhine
place Duiven - Loo
Geographical location 51 ° 55 '15 "  N , 5 ° 59' 15"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '15 "  N , 5 ° 59' 15"  E hf
Previous Carvium (southeast)
Subsequently Castra Herculis (northwest)

The Duiven-Loowaard fort was a Roman border fort on the Lower Germanic Limes .

location

Location of the Duiven-Loowaard fort on the Lower Germanic Limes

The garrison site, which has since been lost due to the flooding and submerging of the Rhine, was located on the left bank of the river in Roman times, about halfway between Carvium ( Rijnwaarden -Herwen) and Castra Herculis ( Arnhem -Meinerswijk). The location on a naturally created dike ("Uferwall", Dutch: "Oeverwal") ensured a good connection with the hinterland. In today's settlement-geographic picture, the camp was located in the area of ​​the village of Loo , which belongs to the Dutch municipality of Duiven, in the province of Gelderland , about one kilometer south of the village.

Findings and history

The Duiven-Loowaard fort was an auxiliary fort that was founded either under Caligula from the year 40 or in the early Claudian period, possibly during the governorship of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo from the year 47. The ancient name of the fort is not known. The name and type of weapon of the auxiliary troops stationed in the fort are also unknown. The period of occupancy is also not clear; the camp may have been rebuilt in late antiquity, in the fourth century. The findings were completely washed away by the meandering river. The camp was only able to localize to some extent thanks to the relatively high and unambiguous occurrence of finds (Gallo-Roman ceramics, tuff, bricks, military graffiti, bronze vessels, horse harness) that came to light primarily during excavation work in connection with the construction of the Pannerdensch Canal in the 1970s and be dated. The composition of the finds indicates a military use of the place, during the construction of which troops from Vetera ( Xanten ) were possibly used as pioneers. Additional finds from the fourth century make it possible that the square was still or again used for military purposes during this period.

After the Romans withdrew, the Franks used the settlement area until the seventh century. During this time or soon after, the area was finally washed away by the Rhine.

See also

literature

Web links

  • Duiven-Loowaard Castle on cultuurwijzer.nl, an official website for the cultural heritage of the Netherlands, (Dutch), accessed on February 13, 2014

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carla Janssen: Oeverwal . On the website geologievannederland.nl, (Dutch).