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Ringskopf with the Celtic walled grounds
The Celtic walled area on Ringskopf (650 m, today called Ringkopf) was built
around 200 BC in the Latène Age (named after La Tène near the Lake of
Neuchatel in Switzerland, where important finds have been made). The
structure was up to 10 m deep and 2 m high, and supposedly served solely as
a refuge for the people living in the area from the
Celtic tribe
of Treverians.
This is in contrast to the much larger, better fortified fortresses that were
inhabited year round, like the ones found in
Otzenhausen,
Bundenbach
or on
Donnersberg mountain in Pfalz, where small settlements formed behind the
ramparts around the castle of the local ruler. Similar refuges are found, for
example, on
Alteburg
mountain in Soonwald and on top of
Wildenburger Kopf
mountain near Kempfeld. Both the walled area on Ringskopf and the one on
the top of Wildenburger Kopf mountain lie on the crest of Wildenburg Ridge only
a few kilometers apart, separated by the deep incision of Idarbach creek,
which cuts through the mountain ridge between Kirschweiler and Katzenloch.
Photo: The Celtic walled area on the Ringskopf mountain (650m, today
called "Ringkopf") near Allenbach in the Idarwald Forest was built around 200 BC
and was up to 10m wide and 2m high. The complex probably served
as a refuge for the population living in the surrounding area.
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