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Submitted by peterpf on Saturday, 22 July 2006  Page Views: 2961

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bretsch Steingrab 2 Alternative Name: Altmark 6, Dornröschengrab
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 5.488 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Stendal  Nearest Village: Bretsch
Latitude: 52.844443N  Longitude: 11.647871E
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.
4 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
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Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by peterpf : One of the capstones. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow with Chambered Tomb in Saxony-Anhalt

NNE-SSW rectangle shaped Long Barrow, 13,5 x 7m.
23 of the kerbstones have survived, most of them fallen outwards.
Chamber with same orientation, in the middle of the enclosure.
Set up with 10 uprights, 4 stones on each long side;
4 capstones. 2 of the othostats are missing as well as
1 of the capstones. Only 2 capstones are still on the uprights,
the third has been pulled to the north outside the tomb.
Chambers size 5 x 1m.



The second of three tombs between Bretsch und Drüsedau.
It is located in the fields inside lots of bushes.


References:

Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 15

Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 36, p. 140

Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 6, p. 57
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Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix : Long Barrow with Chambered Tomb in Saxony-Anhalt NNE-SSW rectangle shaped Long Barrow, 13,5 x 7m. 23 of the kerbstones have survived, most of them fallen outwards. Chamber with same orientation, in the middle of the enclosure. Set up with 10 uprights, 4 stones on each long side; 4 capstones. 2 of the othostats are missing as well as 1 of the capstones. Only 2 capstones are still on ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by peterpf : A view from the other side.

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone : The characteristic capstone, Aug.24, 2020

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone : Close up of the chamber, Aug.24, 2020

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone : In front of the capstone on Aug.24, 2020

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 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

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by peterpf : One of the capstones.

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by peterpf : The second view shows the beautiful rests of his tomb.

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by peterpf : A first view shows more plants than stones.

Bretsch Steingrab 2
Bretsch Steingrab 2 submitted by peterpf : The grave Bretsch # 2 is on the opposite side of the street some distance in the field.

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