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Archaeological site · Heumen · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Archaeological site Romeinse Wachtpost Heumensoord

Romeinse Wachtpost Heumensoord is an archaeological site in Heumen, Gelderland. This place has a story in the app. Within 720 m you find a bench and a water point.

Archaeological site Romeinse Wachtpost Heumensoord
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The story

Story · Romeinse Wachtpost Heumensoord

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You're standing in the Heumensoord woods, close to the village of Malden, at the remains of a late Roman guard post. Have a look around. You'll see a square platform with a moat around it. That's what's left of a spot where Roman soldiers kept watch some sixteen hundred years ago.

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