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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hügelgräber bei Groß Meckelsen Alternative Name: Hügelgräber im Forst HäsenheideCountry: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Sittensen Nearest Village: Groß Meckelsen
Latitude: 53.291690N Longitude: 9.466010E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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More than 20 little and medium sized tumuli are located just east of the small village of Groß Meckelsen in the "Häsenheide" forest. Many of them were looted in the 19th century by a merchant named Hoyns and an organist named Rosebrock from Sittensen. Many of these grave-robber-finds are in museums in Stade and Worpswede today.
Many of the tumuli are in poor condition due to the economic use of the forest and lack of maintenance.
The information about the grave robbers and the location can be found in this book:
Tempel, Wolf-Dieter (1999): Auf ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Spuren durch den Landkreis Rotenburg, Wegweiser zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte Niedersachsen - Heft 22, Oldenburg p. 88
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