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tribes. It was built between 750 and 450 B. C. and was protected by the rampart system and the Sachsenwall in the immediate vicinity. In the southern part of the rampart system is a gap with a ditch in front of it; behind the eastern rampart is a walkway-like inner ditch.
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The Sachsenwall referred to here is not the Limes Saxoniae, but the remains of a more-than-1500-year-old granite wall on the Hexentanzplatz
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The view to the south and east is restricted due to the low height of the tower. Towards the west, however, the vista opens up over the
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It appears that clandestine Germanic customs and rituals may have been practised here in the period following
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built an observation tower, which fell into disrepair and could no longer be accessed after the
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Observation tower on the site of a Germanic refuge castle (Fliehburg) in Germany
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may be made out. The town of Thale spreads out immediately below the tower.
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