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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grafheuvels HaarterheideCountry: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 4.528 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Hamont-Achel Nearest Village: Hamont
Latitude: 51.261144N Longitude: 5.511077E
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 |
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Barrow Cemetery in Belgium
A nice Barrow Cemetry of 3 mounds. Two of them are visible from the forest road, to reach the third one you'll have to walk between the first two, follow a path and about 50 metres from the two others you'll find the third one on your left, a little hidden between the trees.
All three mounds are encircled by wooden poles. These have been renewed.
I was told there should be 4 or 5 mounds but no all could be found at this time.
These mounds date from about 1400 BCE. Inside them people have found cofins made out of hollowed trees trunk.
Very close to this site you'll find the cemetry of Hamont which was opened in 1976 and was designed after the mounds, so this explains the round shapes.
Coordinates of the current cemetry are:
Lat 51.2579316841
Lon 5.51521462302
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