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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: F1 Rijsterbos Alternative Name: F1 GaasterlandCountry: Netherlands
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Province: Friesland Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Heerenveen Nearest Village: Rijs
Latitude: 52.855500N Longitude: 5.488460E
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 |
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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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Largely destroyed in 1849 this 4 capstone tomb is the only known megalithic site in the Province Friesland.
The ground plan of the chamber is still visible as the extraction pits of the orthostats were marked by low concrete implements in 1958 according to the results of van Giffen's excavation in 1922. The chamber measured approximately 5m x 2m.
In 1849 some remains of an oval barrow 11m x 9m, height 1m were preserved. The northern long side was built of 5 orthostats, while the southern longside was built of 4 orthostats with the entrance as in most cases (in this area) located in the middle of this longside, in this case between orthostat S2 and S3. Both narrow sides were built of one large orthostat each.
References:
[1] van Giffen, A.E., De hunebedden in Nederland, Utrecht 1925, dl. I
[2] Klok, R.H.J., Hunebedden in Nederland, Haarlem 1979
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