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<< Our Photo Pages >> Oestringer Steine 1 - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by Martin_L on Friday, 15 April 2005  Page Views: 3014

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Oestringer Steine 1 Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 913
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Osnabrück  Nearest Village: Nettetal
Latitude: 52.314990N  Longitude: 8.081470E
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.
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 10th Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Located right next to the street so you can't miss it.

johnstone visited on 10th Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

SolarMegalith visited on 19th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 3 Access: 5

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by Martin_L : Pole aerial of the 21-23m long passage grave. From the SW. This is one of the large passage graves of the funnel beaker people's western group. It is oriented SW-NE. The lateral passage faces SE. As usual it is situated at the centre of a long-side. The megalithic ensemble is almost complete except for the southwestern third. The chamber deeply embedded into the ground. Only the tops o... (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 21-23m long passage grave near Osnabrück.
This is one of the large passage graves of the funnel beaker people's western group. It is oriented SW-NE. The lateral passage faces SE. As usual it is situated at the centre of a long-side. The megalithic ensemble is almost complete except for the southwestern third. The chamber deeply embedded into the ground. Only the tops of several chamber orthostats are visible. Due to the damages in the SW it is difficult to give the exact length of the chamber, but it has to be 21-23m* . The enclosure measured appr. 29m* by 7m. It is extremely well preserved except for the southwestern third.
The original number of chamber capstones possibly was 13. At least eight are preserved largely in situ. Two partly buried stones in the SW possibly also are capstones (judging from position and size).
Nowadays it gets cleared from time to time, but two large trees partly hide it during growing season. By the time Sprockhoff et. al. examined the site it was extremely overgrown so they had difficulties to inspect it.

January 2011

*my estimate based on the usual symmetry

Reference:
Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3 "Niedersachsen-Westfalen", Habelt, Bonn, 1975 grave. From the SW.


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Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by Martin_L : Pole aerial view of the 21-23m long passage grave. From the ~East. This is one of the large passage graves of the funnel beaker people's western group. It is oriented SW-NE. The lateral passage faces SE. As usual it is situated at the centre of a long-side. The megalithic ensemble is almost complete except for the disturbed southwestern third. The chamber deeply embedded into the grou... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by Martin_L : Detail of the lateral entrance. Viewed from the East. PO= Passage orthostats, C=Capstones, K=Kerbstone of the oval enclosure all deeply embedded into the ground. This is one of the large passage graves of the funnel beaker people's western group. It is oriented SW-NE. The lateral passage faces SE. As usual it is situated at the centre of a long-side. The megalithic ensemble is ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by SolarMegalith : Sprockhoff 912 - view from the NE (photo taken on June 2005). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by Martin_L : View along the northeastern half of the 21-23m* long passage (from the NE-end). Foreground showing the northeasternmost capstone. The location of the passage at the centre of the SE longside is marked "P". The chamber is deeply embedded into the ground. Only the tops of several chamber orthostats are visible. The original number of chamber capstones possibly was 13*. At least eight are... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by RunaStera : Hunbeds #911, #912, 913 in Osnabrück (OS)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by johnstone : This duo is station #6a, 6b of the Straße der Megalithkultur (information board)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by AlexHunger : 19 Meters by 7 Meters large chambered tomb, including perimeter stones with 8 good cap stones. Two ivy covered trees growing over the end create a rather nice altar of sorts.

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : December 10, 2022

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by Janek : Oestringer Steine 1 Pic from March 2022

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1928), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by AlexHunger : 19 Meters by 7 Meters large chambered tomb, including perimeter stones with 8 good cap stones. Two ivy covered trees growing over the end create a rather nice altar of sorts.

Oestringer Steine 1
Oestringer Steine 1 submitted by AlexHunger

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