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<< Our Photo Pages >> Laufen Dolmen - Chambered Tomb in Switzerland in Baselland

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 4865

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Laufen Dolmen
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 4.491 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Baselland Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Basel  Nearest Village: Laufen
Latitude: 47.423340N  Longitude: 7.499840E
Condition:
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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:
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Laufen Dolmen
Laufen Dolmen submitted by ggm : Site in Baselland Switzerland (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Baseland

Partially reconstructed Dolmen in glass pavilion at town gate but found on Wahlenstrasse. Originally about 4 metres by 3 metres

Address: Rennimattstrasse 40,
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Laufen Dolmen submitted by ggm : Site in Baselland Switzerland (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Laufen Dolmen submitted by Megalithic89 : Reconstruction of the second dolmen, discovered in February 2000. Photo taken in June 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Laufen Dolmen
Laufen Dolmen submitted by Megalithic89 : Reconstruction of the second dolmen, discovered in February 2000. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Laufen Dolmen
Laufen Dolmen submitted by Megalithic89 : Site in Baselland Switzerland Reconstruction of the first dolmen, discovered in 1946. Photo taken in June 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Laufen Dolmen by Megalithic89 on Saturday, 26 June 2021
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A first dolmen’s grave was discovered in 1946 on Wahlenstrasse and subsequently uncovered by Alban Gerster. The tomb still consisted of several parts of large limestone slabs. In addition to a few bone fragments, 121 human teeth were found from around 24 adults and 8 children. Special burial items such as weapons or jewellery were missing. In February 2000, an excavator guide uncovered a 2.90 × 1.70 metre limestone slab about 120 metres to the southeast. A passer-by notified the cantonal archaeology, which immediately moved out and quickly realized that it was indeed a second Neolithic dolmen’s grave. The slab was a side wall that collapsed in Roman times when the burial grounds were plundered and was abandoned. The remaining stone slabs were probably used for the construction of the nearby Roman villa of Laufen-Müschhag. (…) Such burial facilities are typical of the late Neolithic period. (…) Measuring the amount of radiation remaining from the radioactive carbon isotope 14C allows the bones to be dated to around 2900 BC.

Reference: Website der Kantonsarchäologie Baselland, CH-4410 Liestal. Text von Jürg Sedlmeier.
Website of Canton of Baselland Archaeology, CH-4410 Liestal. Text by Jürg Sedlmeier.

Translation pons.eu with my thanks.

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