week 11
Had a nice easy 25km adventure with my dog. We went up to the 'Magnusturm' (Magnus Tower), a medeival tower sitting atop a 3,000 year old Celtic ringwall.
There are many of these 'ring walls' in this area. They're really just huge piles of stone that the Celts built up and then put their settlements on. What I don't understand is why they essentially built small mountains, by hand, when there are so many natural hills in the area. It's a mystery (to me). When you look at the hills in this area, some of them stand out because they're flat on top. That's a sign of a possible Celtic settlement. And most of them are unexplored. And all of them are totally overgrown. But for a kid from New York it's like, wow! Three thousand freaking years old!
Anyway, 25k, 2:25 w/o break time, 500m of climb. Felt fine, no butt pain, lol. Doggie was drinking from puddles, a sign that spring is in the air.
Some photos:
A description of the site
The path leading up to the tower (you can see it through the trees). They didn't select these sites based on their easy accessibility.
Magnusturm
The 'door' leading in to the tower
The view from the top (the town is called 'Kasendorf', about 11km from my little village
Inside the tower. These things were built to last, lol
Had a nice easy 25km adventure with my dog. We went up to the 'Magnusturm' (Magnus Tower), a medeival tower sitting atop a 3,000 year old Celtic ringwall.
There are many of these 'ring walls' in this area. They're really just huge piles of stone that the Celts built up and then put their settlements on. What I don't understand is why they essentially built small mountains, by hand, when there are so many natural hills in the area. It's a mystery (to me). When you look at the hills in this area, some of them stand out because they're flat on top. That's a sign of a possible Celtic settlement. And most of them are unexplored. And all of them are totally overgrown. But for a kid from New York it's like, wow! Three thousand freaking years old!
Anyway, 25k, 2:25 w/o break time, 500m of climb. Felt fine, no butt pain, lol. Doggie was drinking from puddles, a sign that spring is in the air.
Some photos:
A description of the site
The path leading up to the tower (you can see it through the trees). They didn't select these sites based on their easy accessibility.
Magnusturm
The 'door' leading in to the tower
The view from the top (the town is called 'Kasendorf', about 11km from my little village
Inside the tower. These things were built to last, lol