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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gudendorf Grab Alternative Name: Urgeschichtliches Grab KapellenwegCountry: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Cuxhaven Nearest Village: Gudendorf
Latitude: 53.804273N Longitude: 8.672380E
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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Harald_Platta visited on 1st Jan 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
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It's about 3,85 meters long and about 1,20 m wide. The well preserved grave has been transferred to a small park, a few meters away from its original location (ca. 53.786102, 8.6745650).
There had been more ritual buildings close to the earth burial:
a younger megalithic tomb and a cult pit and an even younger small stone circle, which all were completely destroyed. However these disappeared buildings demonstrate the neolithic continuity of the cult place.
The earth grave was built at the time of the oldest dolmens in northern Europe. Its paving-stones are very similar to the floor at megalithic tombs. And the grave additions are also nearly identical with those of the megalithic burials. The pottery also shows that the Gudendorf grave belongs to the same neolithic population as the dolmen: the West Group of the Trichterbecherkultur (Funnel Beaker Culture).
Due to its inconspicuousness this grave type has been rather seldom discovered and excavated. And even more seldom such graves have been preserved. So the neolithic earth burial at Gudendorf has a considerable rarity value.
References:
[01] Wendowski-Schünemann, A.: Grabhügel und Grabhügelgruppen in Cuxhaven. Untersuchungen zum Bestand einer gefährdeten Denkmalgruppe. In: Männer vom Morgenstern Jahrbuch 81 (2002).
[02] Tempel, W.-D.: Flachgräber der Trichterbecherkultur. In: Großsteingräber in Niedersachsen. Veröffentl. d. urgeschichtlichen Sammlungen d. Landesmuseums zu Hannover 24 (1979).
[03] http://www.cuxpedia.de/index.php/Urgeschichtliches_Grab
(Text contributed by Andreas with additional information by Harald_Platta)
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