Kastell Pfünz

Fort in Walting, Germany

Pfünz Roman Fort (German: Kastell Pfünz), Castra Vetoniana or Vetonianae, was a Roman cohort camp near Pfünz, a village in the municipality of Walting in the county of Eichstätt, Bavaria. It was built in about 90 A. D. on a 42-metre-high Jurassic hillspur between the valley of the Altmühl and that of the Pfünzer Bach stream. it is a component of the Rhaetian Limes which was elevated in 2005 to the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of historical importance are the remains of the double V-shaped ditches hewn out of the rock in front of the position, the one on the western rampart being the

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Type:

Fort

Where:

Walting, Germany

Coordinates:

48.88°N, 11.26°E

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