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<< Text Pages >> Grabhügelgruppe in der Westerheide - Barrow Cemetery in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Grabhügelgruppe in der Westerheide
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 6.382 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Selfkant
Latitude: 51.007988N  Longitude: 5.917867E
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.
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.
4 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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The Grabhügelgruppe in der Westerheide is a barrow cemetery in Selfkant (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).

The cemetery is thought to date from the Iron Age. It is thought to have been built by the Celts.

References
[01] Der Bürgermeister (Hrsg.): Amtsblatt der Gemeinde Selfkant (2009).
[02] Selfkant-Online.de (Webpage): Säuberung der Hügelgräber (2013).

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