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Multi-periodSite Name: Watenstedt Ringstein Alternative Name: Watenstedt - Galeriegrab /- Steinkammergrab / - TürlochsteinCountry: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Helmstedt Nearest Village: Watenstedt
Latitude: 52.087830N Longitude: 10.836087E
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 |
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Stone slab with so called "soul-hole". Most probably deriving from a gallery grave. Excavated by the owner of a garden in Watenstedt in the 1880s. It has an irregular slightly triangular shape and a hole carved into it. The hole is large enough allowing a human to crawl through it. So there is some evidence this slab originally was the entrance stone (with "soul-hole", in German;"Seelenloch") of a gallery grave.
Although this is an extraordinary find (there are only about 20 similar "soul-hole" slabs known in Germany) and it even slightly reminds of the Men-An-Tol stone i was unable to gather information where it is located nowadays. I assume it is in archive of a museum.
References:
[1] Waltraud Schrickel: Westeuropäische Elemente im neolithischen Grabbau Mitteldeutschlands und die Galeriegräber Westdeutschlands und ihre Inventare. 1966
[2] Maier, R. "Westeuropäische Steinkammergräber in Niedersachsen", in: Heinz Schirnig (Hrsg.): Großsteingräber in Niedersachsen. Lax, Hildesheim 1979
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