<< Our Photo Pages >> Wehden Steingrab - Passage Grave in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wehden Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 611Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Bremerhaven Nearest Village: Wehden
Latitude: 53.604975N Longitude: 8.669218E
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 25th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
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The chamber is orientated nearly East-West. Originally it had 10 orthostats [1]: 4 orthostats on each long-side and one orthostat on each narrow side. The entrance was located between orthostats S2 (counting from West) and S3 . Two orthostats of the lateral passage were preserved when Sprockhoff et al. examined the site (1967). Nowadays (2008 and 2009) these passage orthostats are not visible as they probably became covered by earth and leaves. At least the three chamber capstones and one passage capstone are robbed, as well as the eastern chamber end stone and orthostats N3, N4 and S4. The remaining orthostats are in situ, but deeply embedded into the eroded earthwork. Sprockhoff assumed an original clear length of 4,5m. The clear width is 1,7m in the West and nearly 2m at chambers' center.
Access remarks (last visit in 2009):
It is a 400m walk from Spaden-Wehden road. The use of narrow road Maibrückenweg leading along to the West of the site is strictly limited to residents! The site is not signposted and wellies were partly useful. By the time of my last visit in 2009 it was possible to follow a track left from a forest work vehicle upslope.
Reference:
[1] Sprockhoff, Schwieger, Krause, Schoetensack in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 5, Atlasblatt 4
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