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Location:

  • Germany, Auschet
  • geo:49.47308,6.866094
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 3xx / unknown

Class:

  • Castle
  • invisible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=62613

Annotations

During late La Tène period in the site of Birg was build a celtic oppidum.Then in 4th century A.D. the Birg was occupied by a roman fortification with a tower.

In the middle of 5th century A.D. the Birg remained under control of Romanized population while the Western Roman Empire collapsed.Finally the Birg became a medieval castle.

https://www.eao-otzenhausen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/EAO/Content_Bildungszentrum_Dokumente/Archaeologentage_Band_4/18_Glansdorp_B18ArchtageEAOBuch20180314.pdf pag.283

https://www.schmelz.de/fileadmin/Paulus/Freizeit_und_Tourismus/Wanderwege_Nodic_Walking/Birg.pdf


Nearby

Villa Rustica (Lebach) (6 km)

Villa Rustica (Lebach)

Villa Rustica (Dörsdorf) (7 km)

Villa Rustica (Dörsdorf)

Römerstraße Trier - Saarbrücken (8 km)

Römerstraße Trier - Saarbrücken


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