Alte Burg, Langenenslingen

Alte Burg is a large Celtic hilltop fortification, or hillfort, that may have been used as a cult or assembly site for the regional population [1]. It is located 9 kilometers from a major settlement of the Hallstatt and early La Tène period, the Heuneburg [1]. Alte Burg lies in the municipality of Langenenslingen in Baden-Württemberg [1]. The Alte Burg lies on a long spur of the hill Burgberg, at an elevation of around 695 m above NN, at the southern edge of the Swabian Jura [1]. The tongue-shaped plateau of around 2 hectares is closed off towards the north east by two exterior ramparts, a deep moat and a large main rampart [1]. Even today, the top of the main rampart is up to 12 meters above the bottom of the moat [1].