<< Our Photo Pages >> Hoststeine - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hoststeine Alternative Name: Großsteingrab Engter, Sprockhoff 899Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.189 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Bramsche Nearest Village: Engter
Latitude: 52.401560N Longitude: 8.084366E
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 7th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easily accessible via a small path. However, it is not in very good condition.
Martin_L have visited here
Sprockhoff identified 4 orthostats and one capstone [1]. He mentioned a total number of eight preserved megaliths + fragments.
The structure was already destroyed when Wächter examined it [1], [2]. Despite this damages Sprockhoff assumed the original ground-plan could be clarified by an excavation.
Sitename: Hoststeine, Sprockhoff 899, Kalkriese Großsteingrab
Visit report February 2011:
Heavily overgrown with nice robinia and bushes. The chamber probably was oriented approx. East-West. Two stones possibly are orthostats of the Southern long-side almost in situ. One fallen stone near the assumed western end appears to be a capstone. The other megaliths are more difficult to attribute as smaller capstones and large orthostats usually have similar sizes.
References:
[1]Sprockhoff, Schwieger 1926 in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3 "Niedersachsen-Westfalen", Habelt, Bonn, 1975
[2] Wächter, J.K., Statistik der im Königreich Hannover vorhandenen heidnischen Denkmäler, Hannover 1841
[3] Müller, J.H., Vorchristliche Denkmäler der Landdrosteibezirke Lüneburg und Osnabrück und im Königreiche Hannover. Zeitschr. des hist. Vereins für Niedersachen, 1864
First site entry (without description) RunaStera in 2005.
Note: March 2011: Description added and coordinates (previously wrong for 250m) corrected.
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