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<< Our Photo Pages >> Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen - Barrow Cemetery in Belgium

Submitted by shunt on Monday, 21 August 2006  Page Views: 6139

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen Alternative Name: Levensbos
Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 4.249 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Meeuwen  Nearest Village: Wijshagen
Latitude: 51.100907N  Longitude: 5.551125E
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
 4 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.
 5 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
 no data

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Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen
Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen submitted by shunt : Barrow cemetery in Wijshagen, Belgium Mound #2. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Limburg.
This is a barrow cemetery dating from 1700-1100 BC. It contains 4 mounds but these are much different than most mounds around here: they're rather flat and overgrown with heather and they're not as round as others, one of them is even more triangular shaped.

There's a path which leads to all four mounds and there are several information stands but unfortunately most of them are unreadable due to weather influences.
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Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen
Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen submitted by shunt : Mound 1 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen
Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen submitted by shunt : (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen
Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen submitted by shunt : Barrow cemetery in Wijshagen, Belgium. Mound #4. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen
Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen submitted by shunt : Barrow cemetery in Wijshagen, Belgium Mound #3. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen by Celtic on Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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In the summer of 1986 I was stationed at Kleine Brogel Air Base, near Peer, Belgium. I was metal detecting in a vacant lot in the village of Wijshagen when I discovered a bronze Celtic burial urn from several hundred years before Christ. The Archelolgisch Park at Wijshagen was established because of my find (which I immediately turned over to the Gallo-Romans Museum in Tongeren, Belgium) and subsequent finds made at the site. You can read my story of the find at http://www.davidhowardemery.com/?category_name=kleine-brogel-air-base-peer-belgium-jun-1986-jun-1989. The photos of the three urns on my webpage come from the homepage of the Tongeren Museum.
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    Re: Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen by Runemage on Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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    That's a very interesting story David, thank-you.
    Detectoring is a very controversial subject here in the UK, mostly to do with the same reasons you found, >>The problem was that archaeologists want things left in situ, which means that they want to record how they are in the original soil before they are carefully removed. All of that information was gone because I removed the urn, the handle, the iron blob, and the twenty bronze items<<
    So much important knowledge is lost when this happens, it's a bit like CSI having only the body but no surrounding crime-scene to complete the picture. We try to promote responsible detectoring, I think your story will help with that too.
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    Re: Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 May 2011
    Fabulous story Celtic. Many thanks for linking and sharing it with us here.

    TheCaptain
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      Re: Archeologisch park, Grafheuvels Wijshagen by Anonymous on Wednesday, 04 January 2012
      Thanks TheCaptain, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was a Captain in the Air Force when I found the Celtic urn. Were you in the military too?
      I live and work in Bulgaria now but I'm not metal detecting here. Bulgaria is rich in buried treasures but the laws are strict and I'm a guest in the country so I respect them.
      Tell me about you, please.

      Dave (Capt. USAF ret.)
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