CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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172 km from Ober-Mörlen to Ober-Mörlen, about 3 h 17 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtower WP 3/49*, Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the, Watchtowers WP 2/35 to 2/48 including the and back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the.
Deep in the forest on the eastern slopes of the Taunus, near Ober-Mörlen, the Romans built a small fortlet known today as Eichkopf, after the wooded hill on which it stands. It was one of the many minor installations along the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, the frontier that separated the Roman Empire from the free Germanic tribes, and it housed a small detachment of soldiers who patrolled the line and manned the nearby watchtowers. The outline of the fortlet is still visible as a low rampart and ditch among the trees, and nearby, the line of the frontier itself, with its bank and ditch, can be traced through the forest. It is part of the World Heritage site of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Fortlet Eichkopf write-up.
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Fortlet Eichkopf is where the day begins. Next is Watchtower WP 3/49*.
High in the Taunus, the wooded hills northwest of Frankfurt, the Roman Limes followed the ridge line, and its watchtowers looked out over the forests to the north. Watchtower WP 3/49, near Schmitten and Glashütten, is one of hundreds of such posts recorded along the frontier, and today its remains lie in the woods, a low mound or a scatter of stones. The Limes path, a long-distance walking trail, follows the line through the forest, and walkers can trace the ditch and bank of the old frontier for kilometres. The whole line is part of the Upper German-Raetian Limes World Heritage site.
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Watchtower WP 3/49* comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the.
In the hills of the Taunus north of Wiesbaden, the Roman frontier ran along the ridges through dense forest, and between watchtowers 3/15 and 3/19 near Idstein, its line can still be traced on the ground. The Romans built an earth bank and ditch, topped with a wooden palisade, with stone watchtowers at regular intervals, close enough to see each other and signal along the line. In the forest, the bank and ditch survive as a long, low ridge and hollow, and the foundations of watchtowers appear as low mounds, sometimes with a few stones visible. The Upper Germanic and Raetian Limes, more than five hundred kilometres long, has been a World Heritage site since 2005.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the write-up.
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about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the. Next is Watchtowers WP 2/35 to 2/48 including the.
West of the Taunus ridge, where the high country rolls down toward the Rhine gorge and the Lahn, the line of the Upper German Limes runs through farmland and forest near the villages of Holzhausen an der Haide, Katzenelnbogen and Nastätten. Archaeologists have catalogued the sites of the watchtowers along this stretch, numbered WP 2/35 to 2/48, and near Holzhausen are the remains of a stone fort, well preserved and easily visited, with its walls and gate outlines clear in the grass. The Limes here consisted of a palisade of wooden stakes, later backed by a ditch and bank, with watchtowers at regular intervals and forts a few kilometres behind. It formed the frontier of the Roman Empire for more than a century and a half.
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Watchtowers WP 2/35 to 2/48 including the, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the.
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Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the write-up.
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back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the sits at 100 km, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtower WP 3/49*.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 3/49* write-up.
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back through Watchtower WP 3/49* comes up about 144 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fortlet Eichkopf.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fortlet Eichkopf write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Fortlet Eichkopf closes the day.
Fortlet Eichkopf → Watchtower WP 3/49* is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 3/49* → Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the → Watchtowers WP 2/35 to 2/48 including the is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 2/35 to 2/48 including the → back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 3/15 to 3/19 including the → back through Watchtower WP 3/49* is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 3/49* → Fortlet Eichkopf is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.