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<< Text Pages >> Rainheeg Grabhügelgruppe - Barrow Cemetery in Germany in Hesse

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rainheeg Grabhügelgruppe
Country: Germany Land: Hesse Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Frankfurt am Main  Nearest Village: Neu-Isenburg
Latitude: 50.069511N  Longitude: 8.694878E
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.
no data 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
3

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Barrow Cemetery in Hesse

Around 13 burial mounds of the Hallstatt-age south of Frankfurt.
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spring fumewort (Corydalis solida | Fester Lerchensporn) 3, Frankfurt city forest
spring fumewort (Corydalis solida | Fester Lerchensporn) 2, Frankfurt city forest
spring fumewort (Corydalis solida | Fester Lerchensporn) 1, Frankfurt city forest
common periwinkle | Vinca minor | Kleines Immergrün, Frankfurt city forest
celandine or pileworth (Ranunculus ficaria, Scharbockskraut), Frankfurt city forest
not a pond, Frankfurt city forest

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 791m S 189° Alter Hegwald Barrow Cemetery
 1.5km W 281° Heidenstock Grabhügelgruppe Barrow Cemetery
 3.1km NW 309° Eichlehen Grabhügelgruppe Barrow Cemetery
 4.1km WNW 298° Summstein Niederrad* Modern Stone Circle etc
 4.5km NNW 345° Frankfurt Archaelogisches Museum* Museum
 4.5km NNW 345° Frankfurt Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte Museum
 14.3km NW 314° Summstein Eschborn Modern Stone Circle etc
 16.9km NW 324° Heidetränk Oppidum* Hillfort
 17.0km NNW 330° Vortaunusmuseum Oberursel Museum
 18.7km W 280° Grabhügel Kapellenberg* Round Barrow(s)
 18.7km W 280° Kapellenberg Hofheim* Hillfort
 18.7km NE 37° Schöneck-Kilianstädten* Ancient Village or Settlement
 18.8km W 279° Grauer Stein Kapellenberg* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 20.1km NNW 340° Gluckenstein* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 20.1km WNW 294° Hohenstein Kelkheim Standing Stone (Menhir)
 21.9km NW 316° Altkönig Oppidum* Hillfort
 22.1km S 174° Darmstadt Steinkreis* Stone Circle
 22.1km S 187° Hinkelstein Darmstadt Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 22.3km WNW 299° Halbehl Hügelgräberfeld* Barrow Cemetery
 23.8km N 356° Hünengrab Köppern Round Barrow(s)
 24.2km NNW 338° Saalburg* Hillfort
 25.2km SE 138° Stein Klein-Umstadt Standing Stone (Menhir)
 26.4km NNE 15° Friedberg Siedlung Ancient Village or Settlement
 30.1km WSW 244° Laubenheimer Stein* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 31.1km S 184° Summstein Mühltal Modern Stone Circle etc
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