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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by RunaStera on Friday, 15 April 2005  Page Views: 3271

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 896
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Ankum  Nearest Village: Westerholte
Latitude: 52.483040N  Longitude: 7.884450E
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.
5 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
no data

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Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger : Part of Steingräberweg Giersfeld (Stone tomb hiking path) with about a dozen monuments set up by local council near local golf course. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Lower Saxony, Bremen

16 Meter long, East West oriented tomb with good uprights but only one preserved capstone and several more broken ones. 71 Meter altiude Part of Giersfeld Steingräberweg set up near local Golf Course.
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Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : From the North-east. The 10 capstone chamber is heavily damaged by blasting attempts, but still impressive. It originally consisted of 22 orthostats (11 are destroyed and removed) and 10 roofstones (4 preserved). May 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : From the West. The 10 capstone chamber is heavily damaged by blasting attempts, but still impressive. It originally consisted of 22 orthostats (11 are destroyed and removed) and 10 roofstones (4 preserved). 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1926), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by johnstone : This tomb is station #9e of the Straße der Magelithkultur (information panel) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Some nice examples of Funnel-beaker pottery found in the Westerholte-Giersfeld tombs. Picture taken from the info-board at tomb Grumfeld-Ost [March 2008]. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Signs of destruction. The chamber originally consisted of 22 orthostats (11 are destroyed and removed) and 10 roofstones (4 preserved) [March 2008].

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger : Part of Steingräberweg Giersfeld (Stone tomb hiking path) with about a dozen monuments set up by local council near local golf course.

Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab
Grumfeld-Ost Grosssteingrab submitted by AlexHunger

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