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Soderstorf Steingrab
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2010
Soderstorf Steingrab submitted by Martin_L on 11th Jun 2010. The passage-grave viewed from above. The 8m long chamber is well preserved except for the intermediate stones and parts of the dry-walling, that filled in the gaps between orthostats and capstones. June 2010
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Hammah Steingrab 1
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2010
Hammah Steingrab 1 submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. Aerial view from the South-west. The barrow containing the chamber was overgrown by moorland like several other sites in this area and first discovered in the early 20th century. Hence the site survived the 19th century when approximately 90% of the megalithic monuments where completely destroyed. The tomb was excavated by K.H. Jacob-(Friesen). According to his research the chamber measures 6m by 3,5m (clear: 4,5m by 1,5m -2m). The stone marked “E” in this picture probably was the entranc...
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Hammah Steingrab 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2010
Hammah Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. The site viewed from the NE. The capstones are robbed except for one fragment damaged by blasting attempts. Otherwise this certainly is one of the best preserved chambers among the several hundred megalithic sites known in Lower-Saxony. Clear size of the approx E-W oriented chamber is 6m by 1,5m. It is situated inside significant remains of the earthwork, a nearly round barrow (diameter 20m). The ambience is magnificent except for plenty of ticks and mosquitos in spring and summer.
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Ohrensen Steingrab
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2010
Ohrensen Steingrab submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. Looking along the southern long-side (from a height of approx. 6m). The two “x” mark the ends of the remains of this large chambered and kerbed long-barrow measuring 48m by 7m . The chamber was located near the centre (marked with “C”).
To get an impression how the site originally looked compare with similar sites in Germany and Denmark in better condition. For example: Kleinenkneter Steine , Karlsminde , Grønsalen
While the earthwork of the western part is comparatively well pr...
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D35 Valthe
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2010
D35 Valthe submitted by Martin_L on 20th Jun 2010. Oblique aerial view from the North.
Chamber length 8,5m (clear 7m)[1].
Width varies from 2,7m at the ends to 3,2m at the centre. Orthostat N2 is robbed (nowadays replaced) as well as Capstones C1, C4 and C5 (counting from the West). The site was slightly restored: fallen capstone C2 was placed on the position of missing C1.
The chamber is deeply embedded into significant remains of the covering round barrow. June 2010
[1] Giffen, A.E. van, 1925: De hunebedden in Nederland.
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Oldendorf Langbett 3
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2010
Oldendorf Langbett 3 submitted by Martin_L on 20th Jun 2010. The north-eastern longside of the large kerbed long-barrow. Unfortunately most kerb-stones are robbed. June 2010
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Oldendorf Steingrab 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2010
Oldendorf Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L on 20th Jun 2010. Aerial view of the chamber showing its groundplan. "E" is marking the entrance. A low entrance stone is preserved, but covered. The capstones (probably 3) as well as three orthostats are robbed. More unusually the narrow side in the NE is built of two orthostats instead of one. The dry-walling, that originally filled in the gaps between the orthostats was partly restored. June 2010
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D30 Exloo
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2010
D30 Exloo submitted by Martin_L on 25th Jun 2010. The 4-capstone passage grave viewed from the East.
Chamber length 7,3m (clear 6m)
Width varies from 3m to 3,4m (clear 2m)
The chamber is deeply embedded into the sandy ground. All orthostats were (and still are) preserved in situ when van Giffen examined the site in the early 20th century. Capstones C1 (counting from the North) and C2 were robbed, C3 was fallen and C4 in situ. Obviously C3 was placed back on its orthostats and C2 probably was replaced. The passage has preserved one pair...
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Emsen Ganggrab
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2010
Emsen Ganggrab submitted by Martin_L on 29th Jun 2010. Oblique aerial of the 55m chambered and kerbed long-barrow. View towards SW. The width is up to 8m and largest in the SW. Hence Sprockhoff et al. assumed a slightly trapezoid shape. Except for one kerb-stone (overgrown, but marked with an "x" in this photo) and some fragments all megaliths supporting the nowadays eroded earthwork are robbed, but hollows and ditches are left from the extraction (probably in the early 19th century, when most megalithic tombs were abused as quarries). The chamber...
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Goosefeld Dolmen
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2010
Goosefeld Dolmen submitted by Martin_L on 1st Jul 2010. The restored dolmen viewed from the east. The lower entrance stone is preserved while the complete earthwork is removed. Scan of photo taken in 2000.
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Vangsgård Runddysse
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Nordjylland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2010
Vangsgård Runddysse submitted by Martin_L on 1st Jul 2010. Extended rectangular dolmen chamber built of 5 orthostats, covered by a large capstone. One pair of passage orthostats is preserved. The whole ensemble still is largely covered by its well-preserved round barrow, diameter appr. 20m, height up to 3.
Kerb-stones may be hidden by the eroded edges of the barrow. Scan of B/W photo taken in April 1991. The barrow was overgrown then.
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Meckelstedt Steinkiste
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2010
Meckelstedt Steinkiste submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jul 2010. The chamber is largely filled with earth, but some construction details are visible. Close-up of the southern part. May 2008
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Klosterforst Belm Schalenstein
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2010
Klosterforst Belm Schalenstein submitted by Martin_L on 27th Jul 2010. Erratic boulder with 13 cup-marks on top. Oriented appr. East-West. It seems to be deeply rooted and measures 1,8m by 1,20m at a visible height of 0,9m.
TL: aerial view
TR: from the West
BL: from the West
BR: from the North
July 2010
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Wittemoor Bohlenweg XLII (Ip)
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2010
Wittemoor Bohlenweg XLII (Ip) submitted by Martin_L on 29th Jul 2010. Overview towards North showing a large part of the reconstructed moorland plank track and the oak plank statue replicas.
The trackways are 3m to 3,5m wide.
April 2010.
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Over Jerstal Jættestue 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2010
Over Jerstal Jættestue 2 submitted by Martin_L on 29th Jul 2010. Two old diapositive scans from April 1990 merged. Left: Construction detail of the entrance section seen from inside the chamber. Right: view towards passage graves' entrance.
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Rønshoved Skov Afd. 730 Langdysse
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2010
Rønshoved Skov Afd. 730 Langdysse submitted by Martin_L on 31st Jul 2010. March 1991: The NW-chamber is built of three orthostats on each long-side and one on each narrow side. It is largely filled with earth. The capstone(s) are robbed. As the photos from Holger Rix show, the site is pretty much overgrown nowadays, so i scanned two silver-prints.
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Roche-aux-Fées (Essé)
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2010
Roche-aux-Fées (Essé) submitted by Martin_L on 8th Aug 2010. Taken in February 1991.
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D46 Angelslo
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2010
D46 Angelslo submitted by Martin_L on 9th Aug 2010. Oblique aerial from the West. When Prof. van Giffen examined this massive 9,5m x 3,5m chamber in the early 20th century the orthostats were still in situ except for N2, but the capstones were scattered around. One capstone is missing and one is only partly preserved (now used as C1). C2 shows tool-marks from historic destruction attempts. Van Giffen assumed the entrance between orthostats S3 and S4. The position is marked "E". No traces left of a possible passage or an enclosure.
July 20...
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Raven Steingrab 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2010
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L on 9th Aug 2010. Oblique aerial from the South. Three capstones are lost (C1, C4 and C5 otherwise the chamber is well preserved. "ES"= entrance stone.
The site was excavated by Wegewitz et al. in 1964.
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Oldendorf Langbett 4
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2010
Oldendorf Langbett 4 submitted by Martin_L on 10th Aug 2010. Oblique aerial of long barrows' north-western end with the large (clear length 8m) passage grave chamber. Kerbstones of the partly preserved enclosure visible in the foreground. June 2010
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