Spätrömisches Kastell Ad Fines

The fort of Pfyn had an area of 1.6 hectares. The northern fort wall and parts of the west wall have been preserved (and partly visible). The east and large parts of the south wall have not been preserved and are likely to have fallen in a flood disaster. The northern fort wall was additionally fortified with semicircular towers.
The fort area has so far yielded over 10,000 finds. Weapons and other pieces of military equipment are rare. On the other hand, jewellery is extremely abundantly represented: an earring made of gold, hair and garment pins as well as bracelets made of silver, bronze and bone, beads made of glass, fibulae and other traditional costume accessories up to toilet equipment. Among the tableware, terra sigillata was imported from the northern provinces, but imports from the Rhone Valley and Africa are rarer. Amphorae were transported to Ad Fines from Spain, Palestine and North Africa.
The most important finds are exhibited in the Transitory Museum in the Trotte in Pfyn and in the Museum of Archaeology Thurgau in Frauenfeld.