<< Our Photo Pages >> Meckelstedt Steingrab - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meckelstedt Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 616, Großsteingrab, SteinkammerCountry: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Bremerhaven Nearest Village: Meckelstedt
Latitude: 53.598401N Longitude: 8.939905E
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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 5th Mar 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The stone grave is in the middle of the village and can be reached very easily. It is even on the blazon of the village Meckelstedt.
johnstone visited on 26th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
SolarMegalith visited on 25th Jul 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Martin_L have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 5
(Reference: Sprockhoff et. al. - Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands – Teil 3 Niedersachsen, Westfalen, p. 6)
Like at some other sites in northern europe there are several cup-marks on the capstone. So there is some evidence, that the tomb was reused during bronze-age. The cupmarks are concentrated in the southeastern part of the capstone.
Meckelstedt is a small village, consisting of a few cottages along a minor road. The chambered tomb is near the east-end of the village, only 10 m north of the road situated in a small, thin grove.
The top photo is a shot of an enlarged historic photo displayed in the Historisches Museum Bremerhaven. The original photo was taken around 1900.
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