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<< Our Photo Pages >> Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 923, Grambergen Grosssteingrab
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 10.031 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Bissendorf  Nearest Village: Deitinghausen
Latitude: 52.290833N  Longitude: 8.302167E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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
0No data.
3 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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Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : View towards northwest [January 2008]. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Lower Saxony, Bremen

pleasant 8 Meter Long East West oriented tomb dating to between 3500 to 2800 BCE.. 119 Meters altitude. There could be other tombs nearby if the other stones are not the result from field clearance.
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Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Central and eastern chamber part. The stone foreground right obvioulsly is the western orthostat of the entrance, the eastern entrance-orthostat is robbed. The chamber is surrounded by remains of its barrow and halfway filled with earth. February 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Central and western chamber-part viewed from the North-East. 5 capstones are preserved, at least 2 are missing. February 2010 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Inside the chamber, view West. The remaining capstones obviously are slightly out of place as their undersides are not exactly horizontally orientated anymore. February 2010 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Overview from the West partly showing chambers' groundplan. February 2009 (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Western half of the chamber. The orthostat foreground left most probably is the western part of the entrance. The eastern entrance orthostat is lost. February 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Significant remains of the earthwork remained in the North. The setting sun is (hardly) visible near the right picture edge. February 2010

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Standing at chamber's western end looking towards northeast [Jan. 2008].

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Looking along chamber's southern side [Jan. 2008].

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1927), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by johnstone : An overview on Sep. 12, 2016

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Between two uprights on the northern longside remains of the dry wall are visible [January 2008].

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab II
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab II submitted by AlexHunger : Possible remains of destroyed tomb nearby Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab I and sacrifice stones. The local signposts suggest megalithic tombs "Plural."

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger : 8 Meter long, East West oriented chambered tomb dating to between 3500 to 2800 BCE. It is one of the more charming megaliths in the area. Close to sacrifice stone. There may be the remains of an other destroyed tomb nearby

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger

Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab
Deitinghausen Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger

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