<< Our Photo Pages >> Rickelmann 1 Grosssteingrab - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rickelmann 1 Grosssteingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 894Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Ankum Nearest Village: Westerholte
Latitude: 52.486667N Longitude: 7.879444E
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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16 Meters long by 4 Meters wide East West oriented chambered tomb dating to between 3500 and 2500 BCE. 69 Meters altitude. Excellent uprights in situ. Some superb capstones. Traces of Perimeter stones and tumulus. Part of Steingräberweg Giersfeld (Stone tomb hiking path) with about a dozen monuments set up by local council near local golf course.
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