Carbon-14 dating reveals 7th century AD Merovingian construction. In 2016, someone noticed the clamps at Saint Odile were made of wood Carbon-14 testing was applied to the wooden clamps The testing revealed the walls were built in the 7th century AD
🔬 In 2016, wooden clamps were found at Mont-Sainte-Odile / Sankt Odilienberg. Carbon-14 dating revealed the walls date to the 7th century AD — built by the Merovingian Dukes of Alsace around the time the monastery was founded. Yet the 'Pagan Wall' name only appears in the 12th century!
Key Facts
- In 2016, someone noticed the clamps at Saint Odile were made of wood
- Carbon-14 testing was applied to the wooden clamps
- The testing revealed the walls were built in the 7th century AD
- The walls were built by the Merovingian Dukes of Alsace
- This was around the same time the monastery was first built
- The name Heidenmauer only appeared in the 12th century AD
Related site: Mont-Sainte-Odile / Sankt Odilienberg — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: Who built the Keystone cuts and the Pagan Wall in Sainte Odile by One-eyed giant building walls