Southern Netherlands
Zeeland
Vlissingen

Circular rampart

A circular rampart is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: embankment built in the shape of a circle
  • Also known as: “circular rampart”, “Karolingische ringwalburg”, and “ringwall”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vlissingen Souburg railway station and Vrijburgbad.

Railway station
Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vlissingen Souburg is a railway station located in , . The station was opened on 31 May 1986 and is located on the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway. is situated 660 metres west of Circular rampart.

Sports venue
Photo: Mikalagrand, CC BY 4.0.
is a sports venue, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Circular rampart.

Church
Photo: Chris06, CC0.
is a church, which is situated 2 km southeast of Circular rampart.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oost-Souburg and West-Souburg.

Village
Photo: Bodoklecksel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the municipality of in the province of , .

Quarter
Photo: Chris06, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood of and former village in the province of . It is part of the municipality of Vlissingen, and has been annexed by the city.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a hamlet.

Circular rampart

Latitude
51.46328° or 51° 27′ 48″ north
Longitude
3.60428° or 3° 36′ 15″ east
Open location code
9F35FJ73+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 78505938
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
Wiki­data ID
Q1363360
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Turkish—“Circular rampart” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “кругавы бастыён”
  • Chinese: “环形壁垒”
  • Chinese: “環形壁壘”
  • Danish: “ringborg”
  • Danish: “Ringborg”
  • Dutch: “Ringwal”
  • Dutch: “ringwalburg”
  • Esperanto: “Ringremparo”
  • French: “rempart circulaire”
  • French: “Rempart circulaire”
  • French: “Ringwall”
  • German: “Ringbefestigung”
  • German: “Ringwall”
  • Hebrew: “סוללה עגולה”
  • Irish: “rampar ciorclach”
  • Italian: “Bastione circolare”
  • Japanese: “環状土塁”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ringborg”
  • Norwegian: “Ringborg”
  • Portuguese: “forte circular”
  • Portuguese: “Forte circular”
  • Slovenian: “okop”
  • Spanish: “muralla circular”
  • Spanish: “Muralla circular”
  • Turkish: “çembersel siper”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Circular rampart”. Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.