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D16 Balloo
Trip No.9 Entry No.12 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
D16 Balloo submitted by Sunflowerbird on 9th Mar 2005. D16 Balloo
This one is really hard to find, but worth the effort. We thought it was the finest hunebed of them all.
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D18 Rolde
Trip No.9 Entry No.13 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
D18 Rolde submitted by dmlovelock on 22nd Dec 2004. D18 is a beautiful example. Like several others, it has been restored, a capstone held in place with steel pins. Adjacent to D17, and a medieval church. Nov 1, 2004
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D17 Rolde
Trip No.9 Entry No.14 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
D17 Rolde submitted by SolarMegalith on 18th Aug 2008. Site in Drenthe Netherlands: Rolde - one of the two hunebeden in the park near Rolde church. More damaged then D18, still very interesting.
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D15 Loon
Trip No.9 Entry No.15 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
D15 Loon submitted by SolarMegalith on 28th Jul 2009. One of my favorite hunebeden in Drenthe. It has 5 capstones and quite well preserved ring of kerbstones and it's easily accesible.
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Sundermannsteine
Trip No.9 Entry No.16 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Sundermannsteine submitted by SolarMegalith on 21st Jul 2008. Well preserved burial chamber which lies near the road NE from Lustringen.
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Gretescher Steine
Trip No.9 Entry No.17 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Gretescher Steine submitted by Martin_L on 28th Oct 2009. Only the impressive central part of this large passage grave is preserved. Viewed from the Northeast. Two orthostats of the lateral passage are visible to te left (SE) of the chamber. Clear width of the remaining chamber part varies between 2,9m and 3,8m. October 2009
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Grosse Sloopsteine
Trip No.9 Entry No.18 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Grosse Sloopsteine submitted by SolarMegalith on 21st Jul 2008. One of the biggest chambered tombs in the Osnabrueck area. It's over 20 meters long and 2.15 meters high. 6 capstones are left.
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Visbek Opfertisch
Trip No.9 Entry No.19 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Opfertisch submitted by SolarMegalith on 7th Aug 2008. Small, but very well preserved chambered tomb which belongs to the group of megalithic tombs near Viskeber Brautigam.
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Visbeker Bräutigam
Trip No.9 Entry No.20 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbeker Bräutigam submitted by Martin_L on 12th Feb 2009. Barrows eastern end. View W. Staff for scaling reasons measuring 1m.
The 2 kerbstones foreground right are fallen (February 2009)
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Visbek Steingrab 3
Trip No.9 Entry No.21 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 3 submitted by SolarMegalith on 22nd Jun 2008. This burial chamber is strongly ruined, still it's shape is visible till nowdays. Less spectacular than other Visbek megaliths, belongs to the group of tombs near Visbeker Brautigam.
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Visbek Brautwagen
Trip No.9 Entry No.22 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Brautwagen submitted by Klingon on 21st Sep 2004. Brautwagen Visbek (bride coach Visbek).
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Visbek Steingrab 1
Trip No.9 Entry No.23 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 1 submitted by madcat on 27th Apr 2006. This grave is part of the ensemble of megaliths around the Visbeker Brautigum (bridegroom). It lies very close to the busy A1 highway.
Interestingly, the chamber seems to have been enlarged after it was built.
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Visbek Steingrab 2
Trip No.9 Entry No.24 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 2 submitted by Klingon on 14th Jan 2005. Hünengrab 935 Visbek (Hunbed 935 Visbek)
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Ahlhorner Kellersteine West
Trip No.9 Entry No.25 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ahlhorner Kellersteine West submitted by Martin_L on 12th Jan 2010. Site viewed from the NNW. Capstones visible in this picture:
No. 1 (counting from West) is blown into 1 large and 2 small fragments (the latter not visible in this picture) an partly collapsed into the chamber.
No. 2: is one of the largest capstones in this area, measuring approximately 4,1m x 2,6m x 1,8m. It is still resting on its orthostats, but not in situ. April 2008
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Ahlhorner Kellersteine Ost
Trip No.9 Entry No.26 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ahlhorner Kellersteine Ost submitted by Martin_L on 19th Jan 2009. Looking towards east (April 2008).
The westernmost capstone is missing, the central capstone is blown into 2 pieces. Trapezoid chamber, partly filled with earth. Clear size 6m x 2,5m-2m.
Reference: Sprockhoff/Schwieger in Sprockhoff E., Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands - Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 133
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Visbeker Braut
Trip No.9 Entry No.27 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
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Pestruper Gräberfeld
Trip No.9 Entry No.28 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Pestruper Gräberfeld submitted by greywether on 7th Jul 2005. The view over just a small part of the cemetery.
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Kleinenkneter Steine 2
Trip No.9 Entry No.29 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kleinenkneter Steine 2 submitted by Martin_L on 9th Mar 2010. Overview from the West showing rectangular enclosure and the three passage grave chambers in a row. The passage of the westernmost chamber is marked "P' ". The passages of the two other chambers face to the opposite site. March 2010
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Kleinenkneter Steine 1
Trip No.9 Entry No.30 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kleinenkneter Steine 1 submitted by RunaStera on 28th Jul 2004. A rectangular enclosure, 50m in length and 7m ind breadth, is comprised of large erratic blocks; at its centre is an irregular shaped grave chamber which is 6.8m in length, 2,1 to 2,4m wide and 1.6 to 1.7m heigh. The structure is original covering of soil were reconstructed after the excavation. The back of the chamber was left open (a bit) so that light could penetrate the interior. You'll find this great site about 4km south of the city of Wildeshausen in the county of Oldenburg (OL): 52° 51....
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Reckum (2)
Trip No.9 Entry No.31 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Reckum (2) submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd May 2006. Also known as Sprockhoff 812. Chambered tomb measuring 19.5 Meters by 1.5 Meters consisting of 10 capstones, and numerous uprights. It is believed the site once had a 26 Meter long Perimeter enclosure. NE - SW orientation. 27 Meter Altitude
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