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<< Text Pages >> Grabhügel Wittenhöhen und Urnenfriedhof - Barrow Cemetery in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Grabhügel Wittenhöhen und Urnenfriedhof Alternative Name: Cuxhaven Grabhügel Nr. 170
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 12.938 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Cuxhaven  Nearest Village: Sahlenburg
Latitude: 53.863709N  Longitude: 8.604203E
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
no data 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.
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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The Grabhügel Wittenhöhen has been described as a round barrow in Cuxhaven (Lower Saxony, Germany).

According to old reports, the mound of the barrow was destroyed during the construction of the Nordheimstraße in 1900. In this context, more than 100 urns from the Pre-Roman Iron Age were found in the area surrounding the barrow. The finds have been supposedly brought to Hamburg. However, the whereabouts of the finds is not known.

Note:
A general information panel of the City of Cuxhaven on archaeological sites in the city districts Sahlenburg and Duhnen lists an unnamed Grabhügel ("Barrow") in the area of the former Wittenhöhen area (accuracy 3). Unfortunately, the mentioned site itself is not signposted on location. The area exhibits several small mounds, that could easily represent natural sand dunes. Therefore, the supposed remaining "Barrow" cannot be identified by visitors.


Literature:
[01] Wendowski-Schünemann, A.: Grabhügel und Grabhügelgruppen in Cuxhaven. Untersuchungen zum Bestand einer gefährdeten Denkmalgruppe. In: Männer vom Morgenstern Jahrbuch 81 (2002).
[02] Wendowski-Schünemann, A.: Wittenhöhen. Archäologische Funde enes Gräberfeldes der vorrömischen Eisenzeit aus Cuxhaven-Sahlenburg. In: Jahrbuch der Männer vom Morgenstern 76 (1997).
[03] Müller-Brauel, H.: Die vorgeschichtlichen Denkmäler des Hamb. Amtes Ritzebüttel in ihrem Bestandedes Jahres 1910. Msch.schriftl. Mskr. Im Auftrage des Hamburger Museums für Völkerkunde, Bestand Hamburger Museum f. Archäologie (Helmsmuseum) (1910).

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