Ringwall Schwedenschanze (Elfershausen)

Ringwall Schwedenschanze
Creation time :	Prehistoric
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place:	Elfershausen - "Schanzhügel"
Geographical location	50 ° 8 '58.7 " N , 9 ° 56' 50.9" E Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '58.7 " N , 9 ° 56' 50.9" E
Height:	353 m above sea level NN

The rampart Schwedenschanze is an Outbound prehistoric ring wall at 353 m above sea level. NN on the "Schanzhügel" west of Elfershausen in the Bad Kissingen district in Bavaria .

The ramparts can be dated from the more recent Urnfield period to the late Hallstatt period and probably into the early Middle Ages .

A section wall with a moat and other walls have been preserved from the former castle complex.

literature

Björn-Uwe Abels : The prehistoric and early historical site monuments of Lower Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 6). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1979, ISBN 3-7847-5306-X , p. 76.
Björn-Uwe Abels: The Schwedenschanze near Elfershausen . In: Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (Hrsg.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments, Volume 28: Bad Kissingen, Franconian Saale, Grabfeld, southern Rhön . Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 1975, pp. 121–123.