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<< Text Pages >> Grabhügelfeld Osterholz - Barrow Cemetery in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Friday, 03 November 2017  Page Views: 765

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grabhügelfeld Osterholz
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.974 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Nordstemmen  Nearest Village: Heyersum
Latitude: 52.132405N  Longitude: 9.807071E
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.
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
4

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The Grabhügelfeld Osterholz is a Bronze Age barrow cemetry in the Osterholz forest in Nordstemmen-Heyersum (Lower Saxony/Germany).
Today, 84 round barrows are still visible.

Reference:
[01] Wulf, F.-W.: Das Grabhügelfeld im Hosterholz bei Heyersum – seit 1808 bekannt. In: An Weser und Leine – Ausflüge zwischen Hannover, Hildesheim, Schaumburg und Hameln. - Ausflüge zur Archäologie, Geschichte und Kultur in Deutschland. Band 59 (2015).

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Re: Grabhügelfeld Osterholz by Harald_Platta on Friday, 03 November 2017
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Webpage with pictures of the barrow cemetery:
http://grosssteingraeber.de/seiten/deutschland/niedersachsen/graeberfeld-osterholz.php
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