was an oval walled enclosure of solid ashlars on the ridge that drops steeply into the Schwarzbachtal valley. This enclosure made good use of natural bunter sandstone rock faces and reinforced an older structure of wooden posts. Within this wall was the Roman camp which had two gates, one at the eastern end and one at the western end. Today only remnants of the defensive wall can be made out. The west gate was rebuilt by Sprater in the late 1920s from the heavily moss-covered original ashlars. The function of a depression in the area of the ring wall is unclear; it may have been a cistern. In the local history museum at Waldfischbach-Burgalben there is a model of the entire site. During the first phase of excavation work in the 19th century, a grave slab was uncovered that portrayed a man with an axe and a woman with a basket. The axe was the symbol of a Roman forest manager, the Saltuarius, and an eponymous name suffix, inscribed on the wall, was found in the vicinity along with a corresponding tool. Although there are no written sources detailing whether and to what extent the Romans operating around the Heidelsburg area were actually engaged in forestry, it is nevertheless the oldest known evidence of forest administration in late antiquity on German soil. As a result, tourist promotional material claims the Heidelsburg to be the "oldest forestry office in Germany". The grave slab is housed today in the History Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer. At the location of the find in the area of the destroyed east wall an 1876 replica was found. The local history museum in Waldfischbach-Burgalben has a wood carving that comes from a local hobby carver. In addition to coins, shards of Roman pottery and iron tools were found in the area around the castle, which are also displayed in the local history museum. From the west gate there is a circular path that runs over the beech-covered plateau between the natural rock formations and the remains of the circular wall. The sandy soils are dominated by ferns, heather and blueberries. Individual trees take root in the crevices of the rock faces which are also used by sport climbers as a training area. References External links Walk: Tour 56 Walk: Tour 61 Walk: Flying visit 33 Walk: Tour 36 Western Palatinate Buildings and structures in the