Limes Gate Dalkingen

Limes Gate Dalkingen
Limestor Dalkingen
LocationDalkingen
RegionRaetia
Coordinates48°55′36.7″N 10°9′20.2″E / 48.926861°N 10.155611°E / 48.926861; 10.155611
Altitude445 m (1,460 ft)
TypeTriumphal monument/border crossing
Part ofUpper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
Areaa) 13.3 m × 14.5 m, timber construction phase
b) 12.6 m × 9.3 m, stone construction phase
History
Materiala) Timber
b) Stone
Foundedaround 160 CE
Abandonedaround 233/234 CE
Site notes
ConditionMasonry conserved and restored
  1. Recorded in ORL Wp 12/81 (RLK).
  2. Altitude as above NHN.
  3. Neighboured by Fort Buch [de] to the southwest and Fort Halheim [de] to the northeast.

The Limes Gate in Dalkingen is a unique Roman triumphal monument on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and is one of its most impressive ruins.[1] Since 2005, the ancient border passage, which was developed into a triumphal gate under Emperor Caracalla, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with the entire Roman Limes complex in Germany. It is also part of the open-air museum of the Rhaetian Limes, which was established in 1972 and also includes the nearby Buch fort [de; ceb][2] and its civilian settlement. The gate, which was declared a cultural monument in 2006, is located between the villages of Schwabsberg and Dalkingen [de] in the Ostalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg.

  1. ^ Planck, Dieter; Beck, Willi (1987). Der Limes in Südwestdeutschland: Limeswanderweg Main-Rems-Wörnitz. Reihe Hauptwanderwege des Schwäbischen Albvereins (in German) (2. revised ed.). Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss. p. 146. ISBN 978-3-8062-0496-4.; Seitz, Gabriele (1999). Rainau-Buch I: Steinbauten im römischer Kastellvicus von Rainau-Buch (Ostalbkreis). Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg (in German). Stuttgart: K. Theiss. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-8062-1433-8. OCLC 43726996.
  2. ^ Located at .