Roman Qanat (Pölich)

Roman Qanat Pölich

The Roman Qanat in Pölich / Mosel in the Trier-Saarburg district is a tunnel aqueduct ( Qanat ) of Roman origin. The facility is partially accessible.

In 1987/88, 50 m of the 400 m long water pipe carved into the slate rock was exposed. It served the water supply of a Roman villa complex and is on average 1.20 m high and 0.50 m wide. The pipeline has access shafts every 10 m (partly visible) and a so-called mother shaft at the starting point of the pipeline.

literature

• Heinz Cüppers : Pölich TR. Bathing facility. In: H. Cüppers (Ed.): The Romans in Rhineland-Palatinate. Licensed edition, Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-933203-60-0 , pp. 524f.
• Karl-Josef Gilles: Pölich, Trier-Saarburg district. Roman aqueduct . In: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier (ed.): Guide to archaeological monuments of the Trier region (=  series of publications by the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier ). No. 35. Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-923319-73-2 , p. 162 f .

Web links

• Entry on Roman aqueduct - 1st section in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Entry on Roman aqueduct - 2nd section in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 49.3 "  N , 6 ° 50 ′ 49.6"  E