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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kurhany Oleśniczka - Barrow Cemetery in Poland in Dolnoslaskie

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 01 May 2011  Page Views: 3008

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kurhany Oleśniczka Alternative Name: Oleśniczka Barrow Cemetery
Country: Poland
NOTE: This site is 5.249 km away from the location you searched for.

Voivodeship: Dolnoslaskie Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Wrocław  Nearest Village: Oleśniczka
Latitude: 51.139894N  Longitude: 17.292473E
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.
5 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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Kurhany Oleśniczka
Kurhany Oleśniczka submitted by SolarMegalith : A Bronze Age round barrow in a forest SE from village of Oleśniczka - view fro mthe NE (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Dolnoslaskie

“Przewodnik archeologiczny po Polsce” by Jerzy Gąssowski and Andrzej Kempisty mentions a Bronze Age barrow cemetery consisting of 3 round barrows. The largest one was 3.5m high and of 18.5m diameter, the second one 0.8m high and of 15m diameter, the third one 1.2m high and of 7m diameter. During my visit I managed to identify only the largest one, located exactly in place marked on the plan in Gąssowski’s and Kempisty’s book. The round barrow is in good condition, except the trench dug out in its top part. The other two barrows might be somewhere near here, I found a mound which could be the third barrow (1.2 m of height and 7 m of diameter - about right), but there are many post-glacial mounds in the nearby which make it difficult to locate less significant barrows.

To reach the site you have to turn left (driving from Oleśnica) near last houses of theOleśniczka village, and at the crossing at the beginning of the wood turn into the road leading SE. The large 3.5 m high barrow is hidden in the forest to your right.
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Kurhany Oleśniczka
Kurhany Oleśniczka submitted by SolarMegalith : The Largest round barrow, the only one which I identified for sure out of the three mentioned by Gąssowski and Kempisty - view from the north (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kurhany Oleśniczka
Kurhany Oleśniczka submitted by SolarMegalith : Trench dug out in top part of the largest Bronze Age barrow (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kurhany Oleśniczka
Kurhany Oleśniczka submitted by SolarMegalith : Possibly this is the third round barrow mentioned by Gąssowski and Kempisty - the height of 1.2 m and the diameter of 7m are about right (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kurhany Oleśniczka
Kurhany Oleśniczka submitted by SolarMegalith : Panoramic view of the largest round barrow of 3.5m height (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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