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

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 30 October 2005  Page Views: 3429

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 977
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Bremen  Nearest Village: Thölstedt
Latitude: 52.878733N  Longitude: 8.329566E
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.
3 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
4

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 19th Oct 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This megalithic grave is located north of the 'Mühlensteine'. Also a beautiful megalithic complex.

Autun visited on 11th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Several noticeboards surround this site. A very pleasant surrounding woodland with a great diversity of undergrowth flora.

Martin_L have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : The remaining chamber part viewed from the South-West. Foreground right: orthostat S5. Probably explosives were used in the 19th century (as usual) to destroy the site. Fortunately it partly survived. April 2010 Visit Remark: Even in early April there were plenty of ticks. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Lower Saxony

In woods between Varnhorn and Thölstedt. Chambered tomb measuring 8 Meters by 1.8 Meters consisting of 2 capstones, of which one is broken, and a number of uprights.
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Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Overview from the East. The preserved 8m x 3m part of the chamber is halfway embedded into remains of the eroded barrow. April 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : View along the northern long-side. An impressive oak adds to sites' ambience. But beware of ticks. Seems to be a "hotspot" there, "collected" several in April 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Panoramic view from the East. Showing the partly exposed chamber halfways embedded into remains of the eroded/removed earthwork. Several impressive trees in the proximity. April 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Overview from a height of appr. 6m. The remaining part of the chamber measures 8m x 3m (clear 8m x 1,8m). The original length is unknown* , as both orthostats of the narrow sides are missing. The chamber at least had 5 capstones. Three (or four) capstones are partly preserved, a fragment in the west either belongs to largely missing C1 or C2. C2 is broken into at least two pieces (probably expl... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by DrVenkman : Schmeersteine Großsteingrab in July 2009

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : Damaged capstone C4 seen from the E in 2010.

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by holger_rix : Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab 10-2011

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : After sunset. View from the SE. April 2012

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by holger_rix : Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab 10-2011

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by holger_rix

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by holger_rix

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by holger_rix

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by holger_rix

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Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : From the SE. April 2012

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : October 19, 2021

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Autun : Some of the smaller stones nearly fully overgrown with mosses and flora.

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Autun : One of several sites in an easily accessible wood... beautiful at this time of the year.

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by johnstone : Side view and ground-plan (1930), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L : From the NW. Showing the partly exposed chamber halfways embedded into remains of the eroded/removed earthwork. Several impressive trees in the proximity. April 2012

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by RunaStera : Schmeersteine (Sprockhoff-Reference #977) located in the County of Vechta (VEC). Position: 52.878733N, 8.329566E

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab
Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by stollentroll : chambered tomb Schmeersteine, Thölstedt

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