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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Altscherbitz Well Alternative Name: Bandkeramischer Brunnen AltscherbitzCountry: Germany Land: Saxony Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leipzig Nearest Village: Altscherbitz
Latitude: 51.404685N Longitude: 12.235456E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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It was salvaged as whole block with a weight of 70 tons and was brought to the Archaeological Heritage Office of Saxony in Dresden.
Its creators are probably some of the earliest known carpenters.
for more information:
Daily Mail - 7-000 year-old German wells reveal earliest known wood construction
University of Freiburg
Link to download a PDF of the paper from Plos-One
Many thanks to Kai for approximately locating the other two wooden neolithic wells referred to in the paper, these are at Brodau and Paussig.
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