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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deiwelselter Alternative Name: Autel du Diable, Devil's AltarCountry: Luxembourg Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Luxemburg Nearest Village: Diekirch
Latitude: 49.858200N Longitude: 6.152500E
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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The seven metre tall Deiwelselter, or Devil's Altar, was re-built in 1892 with stones of a former dolmen. A recent research dated dated the dolmen about 2,000 BCE.
Access: 2km south-west of Diekirch, across the river Sauer, in a hairpin bend you'll see a signpost. Park there and walk following the blue arrows for about 2km.
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