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<< Our Photo Pages >> Altkalen Urdolmen - Long Barrow in Germany in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Submitted by Klingon on Wednesday, 29 June 2005  Page Views: 3736

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Altkalen Urdolmen Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 395
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.594 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Demmin  Nearest Village: Altkalen
Latitude: 53.894840N  Longitude: 12.715560E
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.
4 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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Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by peterpf : Another view of this moss covered stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow with Burial Chamber (Urdolmen) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Small Burial Chamber, inner size apprx. 1.5 x 0.8m.
Just one stone on each long side, a broken stone on
one short side.
Capstone seems to have been blasted, just a small
fragment is lying on the uprights.
It is a typical Urdolmen.
Rectangle (trapeze) shaped enclosure, several stones of the
long sides are in place. Short sides destroyed.

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Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by SolarMegalith : Grosssteingrab Altkalen (Sprockhoff 395) - urdolmen (photo taken on September 2020). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by holger_rix : Long Barrow with Burial Chamber (Urdolmen) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Small Burial Chamber, inner size apprx. 1.5 x 0.8m. Just one stone on each long side, a broken stone on one short side. Capstone seems to have been blasted, just a small fragment is lying on the uprights. It is a typical Urdolmen. Rectangle (trapeze) shaped enclosure, several stones of the long sides are... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by holger_rix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by holger_rix (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by SolarMegalith : Grosssteingrab Altkalen (Sprockhoff 395) - a general view of the long barrow as seen from the east (photo taken on September 2020).

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by SolarMegalith : Grosssteingrab Altkalen (Sprockhoff 395) - urdolmen, a small burial chamber (photo taken on September 2020).

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by SolarMegalith : Burial chamber and some of the kerbstones of the long barrow (photo taken on September 2020).

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1934), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 2: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Pommern (1967)

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by holger_rix : Long Barrow with Burial Chamber (Urdolmen) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Small Burial Chamber, inner size apprx. 1.5 x 0.8m. Just one stone on each long side, a broken stone on one short side. Capstone seems to have been blasted, just a small fragment is lying on the uprights. It is a typical Urdolmen. Rectangle (trapeze) shaped enclosure, several stones of the long sides are...

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by holger_rix

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by holger_rix

Altkalen Urdolmen
Altkalen Urdolmen submitted by peterpf : The tomb is on a romatic place in the forrest.

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Re: Sprockhoff 395 by stollentroll on Friday, 22 September 2006
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please rename: Altkalen
alternate name: Sprockhoff 395
nearest village : Altkalen (Alt Kalen is the old version)
nereast town: Gnoien
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