Lake barriers in Haderslev Fjord
The sea barriers in Haderslev Fjord were pole barriers ( Danish pælespærringer ) - in contrast to ship barriers like the Foteviksspärren by sunk boats. The sea dams ( Danish Søspærringer ) in Haderslev Fjord are called Margrethes Bro ( German Margretsbrücke ) and "Æ Lei". Their goal was to block access to the sixteen-kilometer-long fjord for ships at the mouth.
"Margrethes Bros" width was 25 to 30 meters and her length was about 425 meters. “Æ Lei” was between 15 and 50 meters wide and 600 meters in length from bank to bank.
"Margrethes Bro" consisted of about five meters long and two meters wide planks, which were held by stakes driven in vertically. In the run-up to the bridge, the Cheval de frise formed a broad barrier made of densely set piles. The piles date back to the Iron Age . The oldest are from 370 AD and the youngest from 418 AD. The "Æ Lei" also consisted of boards and stakes made of oak. The tree ring chronology ( Danish Årringtællingerne ) shows that construction began in 403. But both older and younger parts of the structure were repaired every year, probably after the autumn storms and winter ice.
At Haderslev events of war between the late 1st century BC evidently evoked. BC and the early 5th century AD, which show themselves as multiple weapon sacrifices in Ejsbøl Mose, which is inland, emerged defense measures on the coast.
Iron Age pole barriers have been found in Haderslev Fjord, in Nakkebølle Fjord on Fyn and in Jungshoved Nor on Zealand . The lake barrier at Hominde and the one in Gudsø Vig near Kolding , however, date from the Viking Age .
literature
- Anne Nørgård Jørgensen: Ejsbøl Mose - The spoils of war in the Ejsbøl moor from the late 1st century BC. BC to early 5th century AD Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab's scrifter.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Den Store Danske: Remains of barricades from the Roman Iron Age (Haderslev Fjord), the Viking Age (e.g. Gudsø Vig in Kolding Fjord , Skuldelev in Roskilde Fjord ) and the Middle Ages (e.g. Vordingborg) were examined in Denmark.
Coordinates: 55 ° 17 ′ 6.4 " N , 9 ° 39 ′ 31" E