Pfostenschlitzmauer
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A Pfostenschlitzmauer is the name for defensive walls protecting Bronze Age and Iron Age hill forts and oppida in Central Europe, especially in Bavaria and the Czech Republic. They are characterized b
Reconstructed Pfostenschlitzmauer wall and rampart at the Ipf hillfort, Germany
Model of a Pfostenschlitzmauer wall of the "Altkönig-Preist" type
Reverse view
Pfostenschlitzmauer-type fortification wall
Oppidum of Manching
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The Oppidum of Manching was a large Celtic proto-urban or city-like settlement at modern-day Manching, near Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany. The Iron Age town was founded in the 3rd century BC and exis
Pfostenschlitzmauer
…The construction method is also known as "Kelheim-style", named after the extensive ramparts at the oppidum of Kelheim. At the oppidum of Manching, an earlier murus gallicus rampart was rebuilt in Pfostenschlitzmauer style. Murus Dacicus…
Model of the settlement's central area
Model of the eastern gate.
Part of the central settlement
Part of the central settlement