Wall system in the Gleiern

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As a rampart in the Gleiern or burial trenches a fortress on the ridge is "In the Gleiern" in Balve referred. It is located two kilometers northwest of the town center of Balve at 432 m above sea level. NN. It is dated to the Iron Age.

The facility with an area of ​​1.4 hectares was probably built around 140 BC. It was surrounded by a ring wall. There was a second construction phase after a fire, which is dated around the beginning of the Christian era .

The ridge is bounded to the north by the Glärbach and to the south by the Iserlohner Spring in Gleiersiepen. Opposite on the other side of the Hönne, to the east, you can see the Olle Borg .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Eva Cichy: The Iron Age fortification "In den Gleiern" near Balve. In: Archeology in Westphalia-Lippe 2010, 2011, pages 72–75
  2. ^ Johann Heinrich Schmedding : The Hünengren in the Gleiern near Balve. In: Johann Heinrich Schmedding, Franz Biermann (eds.), Atlas of prehistoric fortifications in Westphalia, Book II (Münster 1920), pages 28-29
  3. ↑ First secrets of the ramparts revealed. In: Westfalenpost , May 10, 2014

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 41.4 "  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 45.1"  E