{{Short description|Defensive wall in Bronze and Iron Age hill forts}} {{Italic title}} [[File:Rekonstruierte Pfostenschlizmauer am Ipf bei Bopfingen.JPG|thumb|Reconstructed ''Pfostenschlitzmauer'' wall and rampart at the Ipf hillfort, Germany]]
A '''''Pfostenschlitzmauer''''' (German for "post-slot wall") is the name for defensive walls protecting Bronze Age and Iron Age hill forts and ''oppida'' in Central Europe, especially in Bavaria and the Czech Republic. They are characterized by vertical wooden posts set into the front stone facing. The rampart is constructed from a timber lattice filled with earth or rubble. The transverse cross-beams may also protrude through the stone facing, as with the ''murus gallicus'' used in Gaul and western Germany. It is sometimes referred to in English as a '''timber-framed wall'''.
The construction method is also known as "Kelheim-style", named after the extensive ramparts at the oppidum of Kelheim.
At the oppidum of Manching, an earlier ''murus gallicus'' rampart was rebuilt in ''Pfostenschlitzmauer'' style.
==Gallery== <gallery widths="160" heights="120" perrow="3"> File:2018 Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Keltischer Wehrmauer.jpg|Model of a ''Pfostenschlitzmauer'' wall of the "Altkönig-Preist" type File:Murus Gallicus 2.jpg|Reverse view File:Keltische Steinmauer auf dem Kordigast.jpg|''Pfostenschlitzmauer''-type fortification wall </gallery>
== See also == * ''Murus Dacicus'' * ''Murus Gallicus'' * Urnfield culture * Hallstatt culture
== References == {{Commonscat|Pfostenschlitzmauer}} * ''The Ancient Celts'', Barry Cunliffe (1997) {{ISBN|0-14-025422-6}} * ''Celtic Fortifications'', Ian Ralston (2006) {{ISBN|0-7524-2500-5}} * ''Manching: Die Keltenstadt'', Susanne Sievers (2003), {{ISBN|3-8062-1765-3}}
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Category:Fortification (architectural elements) Category:Hillforts Category:Oppida Category:Iron Age Europe Category:German words and phrases