Ring wall iron heads

Ring wall iron heads
Creation time :	La Tène time
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Remnants of ramparts and ditches
Place:	near Dautphetal - Hommertshausen
Geographical location	50 ° 50 '9.9 "  N , 8 ° 30' 17.6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '9.9 "  N , 8 ° 30' 17.6"  E
Height:	504  m above sea level NN

The rampart iron heads is a ring wall from the Latènezeit at Hommertshausen , in the municipality of Dautphetal in central Hesse Marburg-Biedenkopf ..

history

The ring wall was only discovered at the end of the 20th century. It is located in a zone of ore-bearing diabase on the eastern edge of the Rhenish Slate Mountains . Investigations in 2002 found remains of slag and bronze flux .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A. Kreuz: Archaeobotanical investigation of middle to late Latène Age plant remains of the fortified hill settlement "Eisenköpfe" in Dautphetal-Hommertshausen. Report of the Commission for Archaeological Research Hessen 7 (2003) pp. 173–176.
2. ↑ Archaeological research on the raw material supply of the Iron Age ring ramparts in the Marburg “Hinterland” ( memento of the original from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.