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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stenum Steingrab - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by hermitano on Monday, 02 May 2005  Page Views: 5248

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stenum Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 930
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Delmenhorst  Nearest Village: Stenum
Latitude: 53.074960N  Longitude: 8.555100E
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.
 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
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 19th Oct 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The last stop of my two-day little trip. The Stenum megalithic grave was a wonderful end to this.

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Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : The central capstone C5 viewed from the South-East. The entrance was located between its south-eastern orthostats. March 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Picturesque setting in a group of trees on the hillside. Poorer condition than most, as the stones seem rather jumbled. The name Stenum is in the local old dialect, and means Steinheim (Home of the Stones) in High German. A large boulder can be seen nearby next to the road, but I don’t know whether this has always been there.

Orientation: roughly NE (my compass reading was 40°)
Estimated age: about 3000 B.C.
Parking: official parking spot close by, off the road “Am Hünengrab”
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Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Overview from the North-east. The distance between the north-eastern chamber end (NE) and the first orthostat of the north-western longside in the background is approx. 18m. The interpretation largely follows the examination results of Sprockhoff et al. (in brackets) = robbed stones Capstones: only C5 survived the destruction attempts, C6 and C7 only are fragments. The others obviously were... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : The central part viewed from the North. The entrance was located between the two south-eastern orthostats (SE5 and SE6) supporting the central capstone (C5). Unfortunately the chamber is (as in most cases) nearly completely filled with earth/remains of the earthwork. Foreground left partly shows the large fragment of capstone C6. March 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : The central capstone C5 viewed from the SW. The entrance was situated between its two orthostats in the SE (right in this picture). April 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by hermitano : Looking roughly south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by hermitano : Chambered tomb near Stenum, looking roughly SE towards the village. The large boulder is visible in the background.

Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : Postcard - ca. 1920 - 1930. (2 comments)

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by krautrock : Stenum Steingrab April 2011

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by krautrock

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Stenum Steingrab April 2011

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by holger_rix

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by holger_rix

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by holger_rix

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : October 19, 2021

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89

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Stenum Steingrab submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1930), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by johnstone : This is the "end-station" # 33 of Straße der Megalithkultur (information plate) (1 comment)

Stenum Steingrab
Stenum Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : The site sign. In the lower left there are two groundplans drawn by H.Schwieger for Atlas der Megalithgräber. The left one is a virtual reconstruction according to the examination of Sprockhoff et al., while the right plan shows the current situation. The 9 capstone chamber originally measured 16,5m x 3,5m (clear 15m x 1,8m), but was badly damaged in historic times. It is uncertain if the chamber...

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