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<< Our Photo Pages >> Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by Martin_L on Saturday, 28 April 2012  Page Views: 2640

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg Alternative Name: Teufelsstein, Düwelstein
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Osnabrück  Nearest Village: Glane Visbeck
Latitude: 52.121441N  Longitude: 8.064753E
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
2 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
0No data.
4 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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Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg
Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg submitted by Martin_L : From the NW: The significant remains of chambers' earthwork. April 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Düwelsteene (= Devil's stones) are a regionally famous, but otherwise unknown largely destroyed megalithic tomb near Bad Iburg. Remains of its oval barrow are preserved. One stone is partly visible inside an oval pit on top of it. Another megalith (a fragment) is still (as described by Sprockhoff) incorporated into a dry-wall of a historic farm pigsty (usage nowadays changed) at a nearby property (the friendly owner who bought the estate 30 years ago kindly showed it to me).

The tombs' partial destruction happened in 1860, when it was blown-up to use the stones for building up the basement of a new farmhouse for Herringhaus family 750m North of the site (In general this unfortunately was a common practice in the 19th century causing an approximate loss of over 90% of all megalithic sites in North- and North-west Germany.)
In 1887/88 the damaged site was examined by Professor F. J. Jostes et al.. He discovered significant remains of the chamber: one capstone and 13 orthostats. Furthermore parts of chambers' pavement built of flat limestone, vestiges of the dry-walling (sealing between the megaliths) and ceramic (Tiefstichkeramik). Nevertheless, the original ground-plan could not be clarified. Guessing from the size of the barrow it could have been a 5 or 6 capstone chamber.
Except for the one megalith partly sticking out of it, the other megaliths found by Jostes are possibly covered inside the barrows' remains. However I could not find any reference for their whereabouts. Additional information by someone familiar with (this) details is greatly appreciated.

The site is not signposted (April 2012), but there is an info-panel beside it. The immediate surroundings of the site have recently been deforested.

References:
[1] Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975 p. 128
[2] Riese, Dr. Bernhard, "Die Teufelssteine von Laer am Teutoburger Wald", Suderberger Hefte Nr. 3, Bad Laer 1977
[3]Jostes und Effmann, “Vorchristliche Altertümer im Gaue Süderberge (Iburg), Zeitschr. f. vaterl. Gesch. u. Althertumskunde, 46, 1888, 45ff, 58ff, Taf. II + III

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Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg
Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg submitted by Martin_L : Another megalith (a fragment) is still (as described by Sprockhoff) incorporated into a dry-wall of a historic farm pigsty (usage nowadays changed) at a nearby property (the friendly owner who bought the estate 30 years ago kindly showed it to me). The tombs' partial destruction happened in 1860, when it was blown-up to use the stones for building up the basement of a new farmhouse for Herringhau... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg
Düvelsteene bei Bad Iburg submitted by Martin_L : From the SW. Showing barrow and the only currently visible megalith (marked) inside an oval pit at barrows' centre. April 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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