Roman camp Lahnau-Dorlar
The Roman camp of Dorlar is located in the Dorlar district of the same name in the Central Hessian community of Lahnau near Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district about two kilometers east of the Waldgirmes site . It was laid out in the first decade of the first century AD by Roman legionaries on a spur of the terrain north of the Lahn , which can be seen from afar , and was probably used as a marching camp during Roman offensives to Germania.
Research history
The Dorlar camp was discovered in 1985. In 1991 and 1992, the first systematic excavations took place at the site when the area was supposed to be designated as a building area by the municipality of Lahnau.
investment
The trapezoidal floor plan of the camp was adapted to the terrain rising to the north, with the northwest corner being shortened. With a length of 550 meters and a width of 410 meters, it comprised an area of 21 hectares. The camp was surrounded by a pointed ditch that was excavated and examined over a length of around 70 meters in the south-eastern area in 1991/92. At this point the trench in the subgrade was still 2.75 meters wide and had a conservation depth of 2.30 meters.
In spite of the archaeological research at the beginning of the 1990s, neither a suspected wood-earth wall nor an interior development could be proven. A characteristic feature is the gate system, which has been moved from the center and which was found on the east side of the camp about 85 meters north of the southeast corner.
The location of the camp was strategically chosen. Military surveillance of the Lahn valley was possible from the position above the Dorlarer Pforte. It was also possible from here to control the Celtic ramparts on the Dünsberg . On the around the middle of the 1st century BC Abandoned facility in the 1st decade AD insurgents holed up and fought with Roman soldiers. The construction of the camp, however, indicates that the marching camp was only briefly occupied and not a stationary camp. The exact unit that this camp created is currently not known.
Finds
The few previous finds from the area of the camp date back to the first decade AD. These include the reading of an amphora fragment of the type Haltern 70 or Rödgen 69.
Dating
The camp dates back to the Roman occupation phase of Germania. In addition to the so far sparse find material, the type of storage also speaks for this classification.
Monument protection
The Dorlar camp is a ground monument within the meaning of the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.
literature
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Philipp Ille: Traces of Time - Aerial Archeology in Hesse. Published by the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art and the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse, Wiesbaden 1997.
- Siegmar von Schnurbein : Lahnau-Dorlar (Lahn-Dill district). The new Roman camp in Dorlar. In monument preservation in Hessen. No. 2/1993 . Pp. 25-27
- Siegmar von Schnurbein, Heinz-Jürgen Köhler: Dorlar. An Augustan Roman camp in the Lahn valley. In: Germania 72, 1994, 1st half volume. Pp. 193-203.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 6 ″ N , 8 ° 34 ′ 6 ″ E