Hüetberg (Hüttemoor) Plankway & Linear Track (Schleswig Bog Causeway)
Huethberg Moor Plankway · Hüttemoor Linear Causeway · Schleswig Planktrack HE-18
Hallstatt Late to Early La Tène·Northern German urnfield community·🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg–Eckernförde district, Hüetberg moor 8 km E of Eckernförde, Germany
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About Hüetberg (Hüttemoor) Plankway & Linear Track (Schleswig Bog Causeway)
Plank causeway (22 m asl) in Hüetberg (Hüttemoor) raised bog 8 km east of Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany—northernmost German plankway beyond Thorsberg–Wittmoor moor corridor. 5 m centers with vertical oak piles, dendro 612-590 BCE (Hallstatt Late) for primary + 410 BCE re-planking. Connects Geest sand ridge pasture island to bog-edge urnfield at Moorweg. Horseshoe pottery scatter suggests votive border. Adjacent peat core shows sphagnum inception 900 BCE sealing track 80 cm depth.
, Lengener Moor) and Danish bog roads. Threatened by Eckernförde suburban peat extraction.
Why it mattersNorthernmost Hallstatt plankway in Schleswig linking urnfield moors north to Denmark chain.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01590 vs 410 phasing ritual re-planking vs repair
Theories
- 01H horseshoe pottery votive vs accidental
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.612-590 BCE primary, 410 BCE resurfacing
- Period
- Hallstatt Late to Early La Tène
- Culture
- Northern German urnfield community
- Builders
- Eckernförde Geest farmers
- Purpose
- Geest pasture island to urnfield bog-border causeway and votive boundary line
- Abandoned
- c.300 BCE (peat seal)
- Rediscovered
- 1972 Hayen typology; 2015 SH moor lidar
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1972
Hayen catalogs Hüttemoor plankway as SH typology HE-18
2015
SH lidar Huetberg moor rail line of 68 m 580 BCE
On the ground
Structures & features
54.4800° N · 9.9200° E · 22 m · 2 mapped features
Hüetberg Plank Run 312–590 BCE
trackway68-m split-oak 4.2-m planks on birch sleepers with pile peg 612 BCE
54.4810° N · 9.9180° EHüetberg Mooredge Urnfield
cemeteryHallstatt urnfield 40 urns at moor edge connected by causeway
54.4790° N · 9.9220° E