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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Diesdorf Steingrab 2 Alternative Name: Altmark 10Country: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Salzwedel Nearest Village: Diesdorf
Latitude: 52.739358N Longitude: 10.867002E
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 26th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 For this megalithic tomb you have to walk in a bit across the field. But it is very easy to get to.
johnstone visited on 31st Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Martin_L have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3
According to Danneil, the site was well preserved in 1843. A North-South orientated chamber (clear size appr. 9 x 2m) is situated near the northern end of a rectangular (or slightly trapezoid) enclosure measuring 24,5m x 10m.
Nowadays 13 (out of 16) orthostats are preserved. All (out of 4) capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones.
Two lower orthostats in the middle of the western long side probably indicate the location of a destroyed entrance-passage.
Remarks: The neglected site is situated in a field. Access only possible out of growing season. Several trees are threatening the integrity of tombs remains.
References:
Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 37
Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 66, p. 144
Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 10, p. 69
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