Ringwall Venne

The ring wall Venne is an archaeological monument in the Kottenforst near Bonn- Schweinheim.

The roughly rectangular ring wall with the rounded corners was created on the south side of the Vennegraben. It has a 7 m wide trench in front and a base width of 3 m.

The facility served as a refuge and dates from the early Middle Ages. Because of the finds inside, the complex will be dated 10th-12th centuries. Dated century. The houses inside were slated and the rampart fortified with a palisade .

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  Map of the ring wall

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  Ringwall Venne

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  Ringwall Venne, in the background the Vennegraben

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  Ringwall Venne

literature

• Werner D'hein: Kottenforst. 13 hikes through a historical cultural landscape . Gaasterland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-935873-21-5

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 15 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 8 ″  E