Wallburg Bruchhauser stones
| Wallburg Bruchhauser stones | ||
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| Creation time : | 3rd to 6th century BC Chr. | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains, rampart and ditch | |
| Place: | Bruchhausen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 19 '13 " N , 8 ° 32' 39" E | |
| Height: | 721 m above sea level NN | |
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The Wallburg Bruchhauser Steine near Bruchhausen (City of Olsberg ) is located on the 721 m high Istenberg and is one of the oldest fortifications in the Sauerland and dates back to the 6th century BC.
description
The hill fort includes the four large rocks of the Bruchhauser stones . From the so-called Feldstein, the southernmost and highest rock, a collapsed cyclopean wall extends , which leads to the northern Goldstein. There is a ditch upstream . A similar wall runs between the Goldstein and the Bornstein. This blocks access from the northeast. Another wall with a ditch is located in the southeast 300 m away. The Bornstein and the Goldstein were also connected on their west side by a dry stone wall. A square area of about 0.6 ha was created between the two stones. In the west of the Ravenstein, in the southeast of the Bornstein and at the northeastern foot of the Feldstein there are further smaller fuses. In the west between Feldstein and Ravenstein and in the north between Ravenstein and Bornstein no visible fortifications were found.
Dating and interpretation
According to a few small finds, the origins of the complex can be dated to the late Hallstatt period around the 5th, 6th and 3rd centuries BC.
The frequently expressed assumption that the complex was used not only for defense but also as a place of worship is possible, but not secured. However, the plant protected the nearby iron and copper mining. In the early Middle Ages, the facility was used and expanded again.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Köhne: Historical mining in the Sauerland ("Westphalian Ore Mountains") . In: Geographical Commission for Westphalia / LWL (ed.): GeKo Aktuell, issue 1/2004 . Münster, 2004. p. 7.
literature
- Handbook of the historical sites of Germany. Vol. 3: North Rhine-Westphalia . Stuttgart, 1970. p. 122.
- Bernhard Sicherheitsl: The attachment to the Bruchhauser stones near Olsberg. In: Eva Cichy, Jürgen Gaffrey, Manuel Zeiler: Westphalia in the Iron Age. Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt 2015. ISBN 978-3-8053-4918-5 , pp. 121–123.