So today, with Robin in the USA and the kids in school, I thought I would enjoy the beautiful day and go for a prayer hike. I had found a Celtic grave site and a Roman Villa on a local map recently and decided to go check them out.
It turns out that the grave was a burial mound of the Celtic Allemani tribe from the 7th or 8th 
century. It wasn’t a very big mound (at least not anymore, since its excavation), but the grave was lined with large stones on both sides and had been covered over with large stones as well. Apparently the person interred here was a person of standing in the tribe. Interestingly, it was very narrow and shallow grave.
On the way back to the car I found the Roman Villa. Actually it was a farm house 
from the 2nd or 3rd century. Only the foundation remains today . It had a nice courtyard with a couple of stables on one end, with an adjoining living area. The living area was small, and consisted of a few very small rooms.
But what was amazing to me was the fact that this foundation survived almost 2000 years. It’s crazy to think that this building 
was built in New Testament times. The last picture shows what it would have looked like in its heyday.
And these are only a couple of hundreds of such sites in our area. I love the Black Forest!
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