Construction of defensive wall Antiquité (période gallo-romaine) (≈ 212)
Sandstone edification, strategic function.
16 février 1930
Historical Monument
Historical Monument 16 février 1930 (≈ 1930)
Official protection of camp remains.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Roman camp (vestiges): ranking by official newspaper of 16 February 1930
Origin and history
The Roman camp of Haselbourg, located in the eponymous village in the Greater East region, is a vestige of the Gallo-Roman period. This site is characterized by an imposing defensive wall built in large sandstone apparatus, visible on the edge of a path west of the plateau. This wall, undated with precision, bars a natural narrowing of the terrain and reaches more than 10 meters high in its central part, near Main Street.
Qualified as "Roman camp" in the protection order, the site was classified as Historic Monument by the Official Journal on February 16, 1930. The remains, property of the commune, include mainly this wall, whose defensive function suggests a strategic occupation during the antiquity. The location, close to the present village, indicates a willingness to control a crossing point or inhabited space.
The accuracy of the location of the site is considered "very satisfactory" (note 8/10), with an approximate address fixed at 69 rue Principale. Although the available sources (Monumentum, Merimée base) do not specify its exact use, its classification and its preservation make it a notable architectural testimony of the Roman presence in the Lorraine region (now Great East).
