Feddersen Wierde

[1][2] Settlers used dung and mud to gradually form a wierde, raising the settlement in a mound shape to better withstand flooding.

In the 3rd century AD, the settlement had an estimated 300 inhabitants, 450 cattle, and 26 farmsteads, the majority of which were longhouses made of timber.

It is believed that some settlers, as part of the Central Europe's larger trend of westward migration during the period, moved to the Low Countries and eastern Britain.

[2] Excavations were performed by the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research from 1955 to 1963.

Organic materials, such as building foundations and bone tools, were well preserved due to the layers of flooring maintaining humidity.