Landweer
A landweer is an earthen embankment with a ditch or moat on both sides.
A landweer is an earthen embankment with a ditch or moat on both sides. The embankment was often densely planted as well. The landwehr often marked boundaries, in this case between the Free Lordship of Gemert of the Teutonic Order and the common lands that were granted by the Duke of Brabant in 1300 to the inhabitants of Aarle, Rixtel, Beek, and Donk.
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