Historical place profile

Milseburg (oppidum)

An iron-age fortified settlement (oppidum with ring wall) located on the Milseburg mountain in the modern German municipality of Danzwiesen (Hesse).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:118844
Catalogue ID
pleiades:118844
Place type
fortified-settlement, settlement
Coordinates
50.546210, 9.896791
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An iron-age fortified settlement (oppidum with ring wall) located on the Milseburg mountain in the modern German municipality of Danzwiesen (Hesse).

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 12 C2 Milseburg

Source and reuse

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Research path

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