<< Text Pages >> Plaussig Neolithic Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in Saxony
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Plaussig Neolithic WellCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 9.437 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Saxony Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leipzig Nearest Village: Plaussig
Latitude: 51.401210N Longitude: 12.449638E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The 7000 year old Linear Pottery Culture well of Plaussig was found in 2001 when a new BMW factory was built on this site. The well was built of oak timbers. The site was saved by an en-bloc-salvage.
Its creators are probably some of the earliest known carpenters.
For more information:
Daily Mail - 7-000 year-old German wells reveal earliest known wood construction
University of Freiburg
Link to download a PDF of the paper from Plos-One
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