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Submitted by holger_rix on Sunday, 19 August 2012 Page Views: 5297
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Steinfeld Steingrab (Altmark) Alternative Name: Altmark 40Country: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Stendal Nearest Village: Steinfeld
Latitude: 52.626914N Longitude: 11.708367E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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All of these kerbstones have fallen and are out of place.
This mass of de-arranged stones give the tomb a weird look..
The cornerstones of the former south end are of unusual size;
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,8m and 2,5 x 1,8 x 0,6m
They are the guardians, the "Wächtersteine".
The big tomb in the north end of the barrow was set up
with 17 uprights and 6 capstones. But sadly, same as
the kerbstones, most of them have shifted and the capstones
have sunken down.
The above text written 8-2012 by holger_rix. The following text by peterpf:
A town named Steinfeld translates to something like Stonefield.
No surprise to find some stones here.
The tomb is in the town next to the football area.
References:
Johann Friedrich Danneil
1843, No. 42
Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 17, p. 138
Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 40, p. 148
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