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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kurhany Oleśniczka Alternative Name: Oleśniczka Barrow CemeteryCountry: Poland
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Voivodeship: Dolnoslaskie Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Wrocław Nearest Village: Oleśniczka
Latitude: 51.139894N Longitude: 17.292473E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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SolarMegalith visited on 19th Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
“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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