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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hünengrab Wechte (1) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by RunaStera on Wednesday, 11 August 2021  Page Views: 5977

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Country: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Osnabrück  Nearest Village: Lengerich
Latitude: 52.207500N  Longitude: 7.792500E
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.
 3 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.
 5 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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 30th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Beautifully preserved grave that still exists despite the nearby residential area.

XIII visited on 5th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Traumrealistin visited on 6th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

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Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by stollentroll : Tomb Wechte 1. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L : August 2009. Reconstructed remains of a large gallery grave which had been severely damaged in historic times. Capstones, several orthostats and dry walling are robbed. Original chamber size has been enormous: 40m (at least) x 2,5m. Excavated in 1927. Contained remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods found are attributed to neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic vessels of the funne... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L : October 2021. Part of the reconstructed remains of this very large gallery grave. It had been severely damaged in historic times: Capstones, several orthostats and dry walling are robbed. Original chamber size has been enormous: 40m (at least) x 2,5m. Excavated in 1927. Contained remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods found are attributed to neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic v... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L : August 2009. Reconstructed remains of a large gallery grave which had been severely damaged in historic times. Capstones, several orthostats and dry walling are robbed. Original chamber size has been enormous: 40m (at least) x 2,5m. Excavated in 1927. Contained remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods found are attributed to neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic vessels of the funne... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L : October 2021. Part of the reconstructed remains of this large gallery grave. It had been severely damaged in historic times: Capstones, several orthostats and dry walling are robbed. Original chamber size has been enormous: 40m (at least) x 2,5m. Excavated in 1927. Contained remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods found are attributed to neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic vessel...

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L : August 2009. Reconstructed remains of a large gallery grave which had been severely damaged in historic times. Capstones, several orthostats and dry walling are robbed. Original chamber size has been enormous: 40m (at least) x 2,5m. Excavated in 1927. Contained remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods found are attributed to neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic vessels of the funne...

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Hunengrab77 : august 2017 (1 comment)

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by stollentroll : Tomb Wechte 1.

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Martin_L : August 2009. Reconstructed remains of a large gallery grave which had been severely damaged in historic times. Capstones, several orthostats and dry walling are robbed. Original chamber size has been enormous: 40m (at least) x 2,5m. Excavated in 1927. Contained remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods found are attributed to neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic vessels of the funne...

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : June 30, 2023

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by CharcoalBurner89

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by Hunengrab77 : august 2017

Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by stollentroll : Tomb Wechte 1.

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Re: Hünengrab Wechte (1) by Harald_Platta on Wednesday, 06 October 2021
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Open Access paper (PDF in German):
B. Stapel/K. Schierhold, Das Großsteingrab von Lengerich-Wechte, Kreis Steinfurt. Megalithgräber in Westfalen 4 (Münster 2018).

https://www.altertumskommission.lwl.org/media/filer_public/f3/fd/f3fdce34-3ff5-4d5f-b9fe-bf00eb55afaf/mw_4_2018.pdf
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