Sehnde 9 site, Sehnde, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sehnde 9 site | Protected Area |
| Sehnde | Municipality |
| Hanover Region | District |
| Lower Saxony | State |
| Germany | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
52° North , 9° East (est.)
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~13km
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In the archaeological rescue excavation carried out at the site referred to as “Sehnde 9”, more than 430 findings were made, including more than 30 bloomery furnace sites and 10 finding complexes that were interpreted as the remains of pit houses. Throughout the Roman Imperial Period, the study area formed part of a region referred to as “Inner Barbaricum” or “Germania magna”, which was situated northeast of the Roman provinces of that time. The excavation site covers an area of 17,500 square meters. The area under consideration, which includes the excavation site and the neighboring recent ore deposits, covers 24 square kilometers. This led to the hypothesis that clay iron stone geodes were used as source ore for iron smelting at the Sehnde 9 site.
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References
[1]Helmreich, Christian; Kobbe, Florian; Kierdorf, Horst; Kierdorf, Uwe; Sauerwein, Martin (2025) Observations Suggesting the Use of Manganese-Rich Oxidized Clay Iron Stone Concretions for Iron Production During the Early Roman Imperial Period in the Inner Barbaricum—A Multi-Method Approach. Minerals, 15 (12). doi:10.3390/min15121274
