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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buxtehude Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 668Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Buxtehude Nearest Village: Altkloster
Latitude: 53.458480N Longitude: 9.675330E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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Last remains of a chambered tomb oriented probably NE-SW. Only one orthostat remained in situ [1], while two others appear to be turned.
Another large, but fallen stone probably is a capstone. Chambers' original size and shape unknown. 37m above sea level [2].
Reference:
[1] Schroller, Schwieger (examined the site in 1931) in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975, Text p. 27, Atlas pl. 33
[2]Amtliche Topographische Karten 1:50.000, Hrsg.: LGN Landesvermessung + Geobasisinformation Niedersachsen, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie 2008
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