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<< Our Photo Pages >> Leetze Steingrab 1 - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Saxony-Anhalt

Submitted by Martin_L on Thursday, 02 July 2009  Page Views: 3179

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leetze Steingrab 1 Alternative Name: Wötz 1, Altmark 17
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.967 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Salzwedel  Nearest Village: Leetze
Latitude: 52.770960N  Longitude: 11.031625E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
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
0no data
5

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 26th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 This rather small megalithic tomb is the "northern tip" of the tombs to be found here. Heavily overgrown, it is nevertheless nice to look at.

johnstone visited on 25th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock : Leetze Steingrab 1. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Saxony-Anhalt

References:

Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 71

Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 107, p. 150

Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 17, p. 91
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Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock : Leetze Steingrab 1. Almost the finish of a superb day. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock : Leetze Steingrab 1. View to the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock : Leetze Steingrab 1. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock (Vote or comment on this photo)

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : February 26, 2022

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by CharcoalBurner89

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by johnstone : View from behind on Aug.25, 2020

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by johnstone : View inside the chamber, Aug.25, 2020

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by johnstone : Peek into the room, Aug.25, 2020

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix : Leetze Steingrab 1 This tree should have been removed years ago. This tomb was excavated and examined in 1938.

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix : Leetze Steingrab 1 No. 17 in 'Großsteingräber der Altmark'

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix : Leetze Steingrab 1 View from east, the evening sun shines through.

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix : screenshot from: Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 25. Band von 1893 Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT download: http://www.archive.org/details/zeitschriftfret01urgegoog

Leetze Steingrab 1
Leetze Steingrab 1 submitted by Martin_L : The remains of this tomb were examined and restored in the first half of the 20th century. Nowadays the site is somewhat neglected. Access only possible out of growing season. Several trees are threatening the integrity of tombs remains. June 2009

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