Unnamed fort at Anreppen
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove
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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108744
51.737778, 8.593056
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 300)
- Location of legionary camp at Anreppen (30 BC - AD 300)
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fort, tower
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 I1 Anreppen
4 – approx. 6 AD, Tiberius expedition (Coins, Terra Sigillata, at the time of the Roman expedition; antique source: Velleius Paterculus reports building of a winter-camp at the upper course of the Lippe at the end of 4 AD)
Discovery: 1968
Excavations: 1968-1969, 1988-2004
Measurements: approx. 750 x 330 m = inner surface approx. 23 ha
Building structure: ditch with fossa fastigata ( width up to 7 m, depth 2,3-2,4 m) and rampart (width 3m, length approx. 1,9 km) with towers and gates, internal buildings (half-timbered buildings)
Occupancy: 1 legion, possible auxiliary units
Function: solid built legionary camp, garrison and supply safeguard for Tiberius expeditions
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Anreppen, Delbrück GER
J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Bettina Tremmel, and Tom Elliott, 'Unnamed fort at Anreppen: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108744> [accessed: 29 September 2020]
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