Amelungsburg, Süntel

The Amelungsburg is a former ringfort that is located on the Amelungsberg hill on the Süntel ridge in the district of Hameln-Pyrmont in the German state of Lower Saxony [1]. The site is around 15 hectares and lies on the plateau of Amelungsberg, which is 900 metres long and 300 metres wide [1]. The fortifications comprise a rampart on two sides of the terrain with a length of around 1000 metres [1]. In 1954, 1955, and 2005, excavations took place on the terrain [1]. These established that in the embankment was a dry stone wall about 3 metres wide and up to 2.5 metres high [1]. Based on excavations, the fortifications were originally built in the pre-Roman Iron Age, archaeologists reckoning a construction time of up to six weeks [1]. The site was extended during a second phase of use during the Saxon Wars [1].