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<< Our Photo Pages >> Alsenz Hinkelstein - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 12 October 2005  Page Views: 4912

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alsenz Hinkelstein Alternative Name: Becker Hennes Wack, Der Wack
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.625 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Alzey  Nearest Village: Alsenz
Latitude: 49.728200N  Longitude: 7.809900E
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.
no data 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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Alsenz Hinkelstein
Alsenz Hinkelstein submitted by peterpf : The menhir of Alsenz. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Rhineland-Palatinate



IMPORTANT NOTE: Position of site unknown, co-ordinates given for nearest village.


3 Meters Tall, 1.95 Meter Wide und 0.7 Meter Thick Menhir, move in 1953 fom its original location at Oberhäuser Loch (Heidenloch) to the Verbandsgemeinde Alsenz-Obermoschel garden and re-errected as monument to war dead.
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Alsenz Hinkelstein
Alsenz Hinkelstein submitted by peterpf : View from the back of the menhir. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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