Unnamed fort at Anreppen
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove
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- Representative Locations:
- Location of legionary camp at Anreppen (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Unnamed fort at Anreppen located on Lupia (river) (unspecified date range)
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fort, tower (deprecated)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 I1 Anreppen
4 – approx. 6 AD, Tiberius expedition (Coins, Terra Sigillata, at the time of the Roman expedition; antique source: Velleius Paterculus reports building of a winter-camp at the upper course of the Lippe at the end of 4 AD)
Discovery: 1968
Excavations: 1968-1969, 1988-2004
Measurements: approx. 750 x 330 m = inner surface approx. 23 ha
Building structure: ditch with fossa fastigata ( width up to 7 m, depth 2,3-2,4 m) and rampart (width 3m, length approx. 1,9 km) with towers and gates, internal buildings (half-timbered buildings)
Occupancy: 1 legion, possible auxiliary units
Function: solid built legionary camp, garrison and supply safeguard for Tiberius expeditions
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Anreppen, Delbrück GER
J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Bettina Tremmel, and Tom Elliott, 'Unnamed fort at Anreppen: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/108744> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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