Menosgada

Menosgada was a Celtic metropolis on the Upper Main that was mentioned by the Greek geographer, Ptolemy [1]. It was probably located on the hill known today as the Staffelberg [1]. In the 1st millennium BC, Celts settled on the Staffelberg [1]. Around 200 BC, the simple Early Celtic fortification was expanded into an oppidum, covering an area of 49 hectares, that was protected by a 2,800-metre-long defensive wall and ditch against the inhabitants of the neighbouring Jura lands [1]. In the centre of the site is an acropolis measuring 3 hectares in area [1].