Roman Watchtower 7/35

At the end of the 19th century, a large mound of rubble was still visible at the tower site. Conrady only uncovered the west side of the tower. Three layers of the 0.80 meter wide wall, built in clay mortar, had been preserved. The other sides of the tower had obviously been broken out. The researcher also found a drainage ditch laid around the tower site. In his search for the palisade and ditch, Conrady was only able to find traces of the palisade in 1885. A subsequent investigation in 1901 revealed only undisturbed soil even 4.30 meters behind the palisade. From July 1st to September 1968, the State Forestry Office and the city of Walldürn had Wp 7/35 completely excavated and then conserved. Several surface finds came to light:

• Tableware, cooking utensils, food storage containers: shards of a Terra Sigillata cup Drag. 31/37, a varnish beaker with grit application, a cup of grey clay, six pots, three grinding bowls, two double-handled jugs;
• Tools: an iron hammer, an iron nail with a flat head;
• Coins: a denarius minted in Rome during the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69–79).

These finds went to the Badisches Landesmuseum. The tower visible today was rebuilt to two to three layers during conservation, and the surrounding ditch was excavated.