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Multi-periodSite Name: Grabhügelfeld Schmalförden
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 8.824 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Schwalförden Nearest Village: Schmalförden
Latitude: 52.734330N Longitude: 8.731593E
Condition:

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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

no data Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
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no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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The Grabhügelfeld Schmalförden is a barrow cemetery in Schwalförden (Lower Saxony/Germany).

The cemetery was used from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. The last remaining barrows are still 10 – 18 m broad, but they have become relatively flat and overgrown with dense vegetation.

Reference:
[01] Landesverband Weser-Hunte e.V. (Hrsg.): Archäologische Denkmale in den Landkreisen Diepholz und Nienburg/Weser. 3. Auflage (2013).

Note: The site is believed to be near this position. The reference describes that the cemetery lies between Harmhausen and Anstedt on the right side of L341 in the Wegehöpen forest.

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