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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wanna Steingrab (1) - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by Martin_L on Monday, 29 October 2007  Page Views: 3371

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wanna Steingrab (1) Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 631
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Cuxhaven  Nearest Village: Wanna
Latitude: 53.752128N  Longitude: 8.727900E
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 3rd Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Wonderful megalithic tomb that is easy to get to with a short hike!

johnstone visited on 23rd Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Harald_Platta visited on 4th Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 3.33

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : The extended dolmen viewed from the South showing the entrance. A view like this currently is only possible in the wintertime. Although it is not obvious in this picture, the site tends to be very overgrown in summertime especially with fern. January 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Almost perfectly preserved extended dolmen situated in the remains of its barrow. All chamber stones are still in situ: Five orthostats covered by two fine capstones. Chamber`s orientation is North-South. Chamber measures appr. 4m x 3m, the clear size is appr. 2,8 x 1,3m. The entrance faces north. The entrance stone is partly broken (according to Sprockhoff et al.) .

There is some evidence that the chamber originally was surrounded by a narrow stone circle. Nine stones of these circle are left but most of them are (slightly) out of place and/or partly overgrown. Furthermore the barrow probably originally had kerbstones. There are five partly overgrown stones at the southeastern and southern edge, that look like kerbstones to me [Dec. 2007]

Visit remarks: The site is rather overgrown during summertime (esp. with fern, small trees and blackberry bushes). Some of the stones are only visible in the wintertime.
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Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : Looking north into the perfectly preserved chamber of the extended dolmen. Only some of the smaller stones, that filled in the gaps between orthostats and capstones are lost. [January 2010] (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : The entrance of the extended dolmen faces south [December 2007]. In the foreground left and right: two stones (Numbers 1 and 9 on the sketch plan) of the circle, that surrounds the chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : Sketch plan of the tomb (not exactly to scale). For a professional archaeologist´s drawing of the chamber see (Sprockhoff, Ernst (et al.) – Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands – Teil 3 Niedersachsen - Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975, Atlasband p. 14) Sketch remarks: It is not exactly scaled. The position of the stones belonging to the circle (stones numbered 1-9) surrounding the... (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : September 3, 2021 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). The chamber represents an extended dolmen and was surrounded by a stone circle. Originally, the tomb was covered with a mound that was most likely flanked by kerbstones. Photo taken in January 2017. © Platta 2017

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : Looking north into the perfectly preserved chamber of the extended dolmen. Only some of the smaller stones, that filled in the gaps between orthostats and capstones are lost. [Dec. 2007]

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : The chamber and the southern part of the circle, that surrounds it. The numbers of this stones relate to the sketch plan [Dec. 2007]

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : The chamber and the western and southern parts of the circle, that surrounds it. The numbers of this stones relate to the sketch plan [Dec. 2007]

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : The megalithic grave 'Wanna 1' before 1957. Photo by Landesmuseum Hannover.

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by johnstone : Ground-plan (1967), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). The chamber represents an extended dolmen and was surrounded by a stone circle. Originally, the tomb was covered with a mound that was most likely flanked by kerbstones. Photo taken in January 2017. View at the North-Eastern end of the chamber. The stone in the foreground belongs to the inner stone ci...

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). The chamber represents an extended dolmen and was surrounded by a stone circle. Originally, the tomb was covered with a mound that was most likely flanked by kerbstones. Photo taken in January 2017. View at the large second capstone. © Platta 2017

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). The chamber represents an extended dolmen and was surrounded by a stone circle. Originally, the tomb was covered with a mound that was most likely flanked by kerbstones. Photo taken in January 2017. View approx. from the West at the extended dolmen and some stones of the inner stone circle. © Platt...

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). Photo taken in January 2017. View into the chamber through a gap between the two large capstones. © Platta 2017

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). Photo taken in January 2017. The stones in the foreground are potential kerbstones of the outer stone circle. © Platta 2017

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Harald_Platta : Wanna Steingrab (1) (Sprockhoff 631) is a chambered tomb in Wanna (Lower Saxony, Germany). Photo taken in January 2017. View at the site approx. from the South. © Platta 2017

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by holger_rix : Wanna Steingrab (1)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by holger_rix : A look into the chamber...

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by holger_rix : Wanna Steingrab (1)

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by holger_rix : Some new pictures of this nice extended dolmen.

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : Looking south towards chamber`s entrance [Dec. 2007].

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : These two stones at the northern edge of the barrow look like kerbstones of the barrow. It is hard to make it out clearly, as they are rather overgrown but to me they look in situ [Dec. 2007].

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : Five stones at the northern and northwestern edge of the barrow possibly are remaining kerbstones of the barrow. One of these stones can be seen on this picture. Probably it is in situ. The numbers of the stones relate to the sketch plan [Dec. 2007]

Wanna Steingrab (1)
Wanna Steingrab (1) submitted by Martin_L : Five stones at the northern and northwestern edge of the barrow possibly are remaining kerbstones of the barrow. Two of these are visible in this picture: I is definitly out of place, II is uncertain The numbers of the stones relate to the sketch plan [Dec. 2007]

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