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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tangeln Steingrab 6 Alternative Name: Altmark 45, GutsteinCountry: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Salzwedel Nearest Village: Tangeln
Latitude: 52.650597N Longitude: 11.022960E
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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johnstone visited on 28th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
Deep in the woods of Tangeln, a well preserved Long Barrow.
Area has been cleaned not too long ago.
Size of the barrow 23,6m x 5,2m (NW) / 6,4m (SE).
Number of kerbstones apprx. 38.
Two fallen guardian stones (Wächter) at the corners of the south end.
They are overgrown and hard to see.
In the NW end of the barrow, a Chambered Tomb.
The chamber is deep in the ground.
Size apprx. 5m x 1.8m; build with 4 orthostats on
each of the long sides.
Four capstones, two of them have sunken down and are overgrown.
References:
Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 118
Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 158, p. 158
Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 45, p. 164
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