Moth mad home
| Moth mad home | |
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 The moth with the bakery |
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| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth |
| Conservation status: | Bakehouse, remains of the wall |
| Construction: | Sandstone, half-timbered |
| Place: | Nörvenich - Irresheim |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 47 '9.3 " N , 6 ° 38' 13.2" E |
The Motte Irresheim is in Irresheim , a district of the Nörvenich municipality in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The hill has a diameter of 10 m and is 1 m high. Old wall remains can still be seen on the Motte (tower hill castle). They are built into the half-timbered house from 1789.
The rear of the house is formed in the south-west by an approx. 1 m thick wall made of hewn stone blocks, partly sandstone . In places the wall is still 2.50 m high. Further remains of the wall can also be found in the ground east of the former bakery . The surrounding ditch has a clear width of 19 m in the southwest and an embankment height of 2.60 m against the slope.
On July 9, 1985, the moth was entered in the list of archaeological monuments in Nörvenich under No. 1.
source
Index of permanent archaeological monuments in the municipality of Nörvenich