Ringwall Schellenburg
Ringwall Schellenburg | |
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Schellenburg hilltop settlement in a drawing by Friedrich Winkelmann 1926 |
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Creation time : | 13th to 9th century BC Chr. |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, ring wall |
Conservation status: | Castle stable, wall and moat remains |
Place: | Kinding - Enkering - " Schellenberg " |
Geographical location | 48 ° 59 '38.9 " N , 11 ° 22' 7.3" E |
The rampart Schellsburg is an Outbound , Urnfield section mounting on the Schellenberg between Kinding and sink ring in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria .
The ring wall system was a fortified hillside settlement on a 150 by 300 meter high plateau with double wall sections and ditches , 150 meters to the south across the ridge, from which the walls and ditches and the driveway can still be seen.
From the steep slopes in the east there is a broad view over the Altmühltal , 100 meters below , its side valleys and the Schwarzach .
literature
- Ingrid Burger-Segl: Archaeological Hikes, Volume 2: Middle Altmühltal . Verlag Walter E. Keller, Treuchtlingen 1993, ISBN 3-924828-57-1
Web links
- Entry on Schellenburg Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".