Archaeological Sites in Netherlands
City/town/settlement in Netherlands (7)
Aartswoud
The area of Aartswoud has been inhabited since the late Neolithic age, and a settlement there is an important source for the Beaker culture. Macrobotanical remains from the site…
Alphen aan den Rijn
The area around Alphen aan den Rijn has been inhabited for 2000 years. In the Roman era, the Oude Rijn was the main branch of the Rhine River and formed the north border of the…
Forum Hadriani
Forum Hadriani, in the modern town of Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and the second oldest city of the Netherlands. It was located in the…
Heerlen
A habitation from the Michelsberg culture (4400–3500 BC) was excavated at the Schelsberg, near Heerlen, in 1997. Archeological finds from this period are rare in the Netherlands,…
Maastricht
Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse, at the point where the river is joined by the Jeker. Maastricht developed from a Roman settlement to a medieval river trade and…
Nijmegen
Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as such in Roman times. The first…
Woerden
Woerden is situated on the river Oude Rijn, near the confluence with the former Linschoten (water) stream. Near the former confluence was an area that was slightly more elevated…
Fort in Netherlands (3)
Albaniana (Roman Fort)
Albaniana was a Roman fort and settlement on the southern banks of the Rhine river, approximately 40 km from its mouth in the North Sea, at modern-day Alphen aan den Rijn,…
Matilo
Matilo or Matilone was once a Roman fort (castellum) in modern-day Leiden. Positioned on the southern banks of the Oude Rijn, it served to protect the Roman borders in the…
Praetorium Agrippinae
Praetorium Agrippinae was a Roman settlement in the province of Lower Germania, in the area of the Cananefates, located in modern-day Valkenburg. It was an army encampment on the…
Fortress/citadel in Netherlands (2)
Brittenburg
Brittenburg was a Roman ruin site west of Leiden between Katwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk aan Zee, presumably identical to the even older Celtic Lugdunum fortress. The site is first…
Traiectum, Utrecht
Traiectum was a Roman fort, on the frontier of the Roman Empire in Germania Inferior. The remains of the fort are in the center of Utrecht which takes its name from the fort. In…
Dolmen in Netherlands (1)
Fortification in Netherlands (1)
Megalithic structures in Netherlands (1)
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