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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wahnbek Alte Kapelle Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 924Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 12.676 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Oldenburg Nearest Village: Wahnbek
Latitude: 53.202674N Longitude: 8.267596E
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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The site was heavily damaged in 1902 (!) when at least (the) two capstones and several orthostats were robbed to erect a monument for Grossherzog Nicolaus Friedrich Peter in Rastede.
In historic times the site became overgrown by moorland hence its ruin nowadays lies in a 1m deep pit (inside a pasture). To prevent further damages it was recently fenced off.
The remaining stones are at least halfway embedded into the ground so it is difficult to spot them within the growing season when long grasses partly hide them.
Preserved in situ are four chamber- and one passage-orthostat [1].
Passage orthostat:
oriented NE-SW, length is 80cm (all my measurings are only approx.) at SW long side
SW long side:
one orthostat (110cm x 70cm, visible height 60cm), adjacent to the remaining passage orthostat
SE narrow side:
one deeply embedded orthostat (60cm x 40 cm, visible height 30cm) most probably marking the south-eastern chamber end
NE long side:
One orthostat (80cm x 60cm, visible height 75cm) located opposite of the remaining one in the SW. So it is possible to determine the clear width of the chamber at its centre: 210cm
Another orthostat to the SE of the latter (90cm x 50cm, visible height 40cm)
Furthermore there are some smaller and four larger stones with unknown purpose, as they obviously are not in situ:
1?: 70cm x 50cm visible height 40cm
2?: 90cm x 60cm visible height 70cm, with drill-hole (for blasting)
3?: 65cm x 40cm, visible height 30cm
4?: 50cm x 50xm, visible height 20cm
As the NW narrow side is lost the original length cannot be exactly determined without data from excavation. Assuming the passage was located at the centre of the SW longside, the chamber had a length of approx. 6m (4- 4,5m clear) and was covered by two or three capstones.
Access (visits in 2007/2008/2009):
The site is located North of a road not allowed for public traffic. It can be reached by a 500m walk. It is not signposted, wellies were useful to cross the pasture.
References:
[1] Laux in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975, p.129
[2] Gemeindebrief der Ev. Luth. Kirchengemeinde Rastede, Advent 2006, S.7-9
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