In Mumpf, in the north-west part of the canton near the river Rhine, a remarkable military structure was investigated in the late 19th and early 20th century, and in the years 2017-2019. It lies below and around Gasthof Anker, built in 1829.
Gasthof Anker on the spot of the military structure. Photo: Wikimedia, Roland Zumbuehl.The structure replaces earlier buildings: bathing rooms (some heated) and a long wall with buttresses, perhaps of a storage building. It is made up of a rectangular hall, flanked by two semicircular towers, and measures 26 x 17.50 m. At a distance of 19 m. a moat was found, 5-7 m. wide and 1.70 m. deep. Coins from the second half of the fourth and early fifth century emerged. Similar structures have been excavated in Sisseln (AG) and Aegerten (BE).
Plan of the area. The bathing rooms are seen top left. Häseli - Schwarz 2020, Abb. 8.
Reconstruction drawing by A. Gerster. Häseli - Schwarz 2020, Abb. 25a.
Literature
Hartmann-Weber 1985, 185-186; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 481-482; Häseli - Schwarz 2019(2); Häseli - Schwarz 2020.
[29-Sep-2023]
