<< Our Photo Pages >> Wingst Steingrab - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wingst Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 644Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Cuxhaven Nearest Village: Dobrock
Latitude: 53.728950N Longitude: 9.067490E
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 10th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 A really beautiful stone grave in the middle of the Wingster Forest. The path is very good, but only very poorly signposted. A GPS device definitely helps to find the right way.
johnstone visited on 26th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3
This tomb and the nearby “Steenaben” nowadays are the only survivors of a large group of neolithic chambers in this area.
The remains of the chamber are orientated West-East. The westernmost capstone with the western chamber-endstone and the first pair of long-side orthostats are preserved in situ. The second orthostat of the northern long-side also is in place. The second capstone is still resting on this orthostat, but is fallen off the opposite orthostat in the South. This orthostat is moved downslope for 1m. Another partly covered stone is situated 1m further East. Its original function cannot be determined without excavation. All in all it is impossible to reconstruct the eastern part of the chamber. The original groundplan could only be clarified by an excavation.
Access:
From Dobrock drive West along “Krönckeweg” towards Wingst forest (Site not signposted in 2009). The road turns into a forest road. Park beside the forest road, when you reach the forest. 20m further West there is a junction with a forest road leading North-South. Walk N/NE (right) along this forest road for 500m. Then turn left into a forest road leading West. At this point you will also find the “Neue Königstanne” and a nearly rotten wooden sign “Steingrab”. Walk West for 100m and look for a track leading off SW (left) for 50m towards the tomb.
Reference:
Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 16.
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