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A terp settlement on the North Sea coast of Germany, extensively excavated by W. Haarnagel between 1955 and 1963. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries ad, the site was found to be more or less circular in plan, internally organized in radial segments running off from a central open area. An industrial zone provided evidence for leatherworking and bone working; the remainder of the settlement comprised farmsteads. The buildings were all of timber: aisled houses with wattle walls that incorporated a byre at one end and living areas for a family at the other. There was some evidence for foreign trade, but the settlement seems to have been fairly self-supporting. The site was abandoned around 450 ad.
[Rep.: W. Haarnagel, 1979, Die Grabungen Feddersen Wierde. Wiessbachen: F. Steiner]
