Magdalenaberg Celtic Burial Mound
N 48° 02.661 E 008° 26.617
32U E 458531 N 5321379
This is the largest Hallstatt period burial mound in central Europe (originally 102m in diameter, 8m high, with a volume of 33,000 cubic meters). It dates from 616 B.C.
Waymark Code: WM1FPG
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 04/29/2007
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The first scientific excavation occured in 1890 which discovered that the burial chamber had already been robbed in antiquity.
Further archeological excavations took place between 1970 and 1973 during which 126 secondary burials were discovered.
In 1975, the mound was restored to its present state.
The burial chamber and a selection of finds can be found in the Franziskanermuseum of Villingen-Schwenningen.