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<< Our Photo Pages >> Berghse Kei - Modern Stone Circle etc in Netherlands in Gelderland

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Monday, 02 February 2015  Page Views: 2604

Modern SitesSite Name: Berghse Kei
Country: Netherlands
NOTE: This site is 5.707 km away from the location you searched for.

Province: Gelderland Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: s`Heerenberg
Latitude: 51.874528N  Longitude: 6.241754E
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.
3 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
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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
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Berghse Kei
Berghse Kei submitted by Harald_Platta : Berghse Kei in front of Bergh Castle © Platta 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Berghse Kei is a stone assembly in Gelderland, the Netherlands that resembles a Dolmen. It mainly consists of an impressive capstone that is stabilized by several orthostats. The gaps between capstone and orthostats are filled with smaller stones and soil. The assembly is supposed to have a weight of nearly 25 tonnes.

The Berghse Kei was errected in 1937 in front of Bergh Castle in s`Heerenberg. The individual granite boulders have been found in the surrounding area in 1917. They originally stem from south Sweden and have been carried to this place by a glacier about 200.000 years ago.

It was intended as a monument dedicated to Jan Herman van Heek, who had bought Bergh Castle in 1912. He was a Dutch industrialist, but also a patron of the arts. He restored the buildings of Bergh Castle. For this reason the muncipality of s`Heerenberg dedicated the Berghse Kei as a monument for him. The capstone has the inscription:
"De Gemente Bergh aan Jan Herman van Heek 1912 – 1937."

The ceremony took place on 15.08.1937. The mayor A.J.M. Nederveen started his laudation with the words: "In onvergankelijk graniet hebben wij U onze waardering gegrift …", which basically means: "In imperishable granite we have etched our appreciation…".

Text Reference:
Heemkundekring Bergh: Gedenksteen 1937 – De Berghse Kei. In: Berghapedia. Encyclopedie van het land van Bergh. (online archief, 2015)

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Berghse Kei submitted by Harald_Platta : Berghse Kei. © Platta 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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