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<< Text Pages >> Watenstedt Ringstein - Sculptured Stone in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by Martin_L on Thursday, 19 April 2012  Page Views: 2140

Multi-periodSite Name: Watenstedt Ringstein Alternative Name: Watenstedt - Galeriegrab /- Steinkammergrab / - Türlochstein
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Helmstedt  Nearest Village: Watenstedt
Latitude: 52.087830N  Longitude: 10.836087E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-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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