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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grosser Helmersberg Alternative Name: Hermannsberg, Großer Helmersberg, Cuxhaven Grabhügel Nr. 13Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Cuxhaven Nearest Village: Altenwalde
Latitude: 53.815849N Longitude: 8.624553E
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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Harald_Platta visited on 19th Jul 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Andreas have visited here
The site is situated in the Küstenheiden heathen. It is surrounded by a wooden fence in order to protect the mound against semi-feral Konik horses and Heck cattle.
The barrow's height is still about 3,25 m and the diameter about 28 m.
It's also known as Hermannsberg (= "Hermann's Mountain").
But who is/was Hermann? Possibly Arminius?
Or a saxon duke from the Billung-dynasty?
A local farmer? Another candidate?
Without knowing a related legend everything is pure speculation.
References:
[01] Wendowski-Schünemann, A.: Grabhügel und Grabhügelgruppen in Cuxhaven.
Untersuchungen zum Bestand einer gefährdeten Denkmalgruppe. In: Männer vom Morgenstern Jahrbuch 81 (2002).
[02] Niedersachsen Bremen 3D v1.5 DVD.
Text contributions by holger_rix, Andreas & Harald_Platta
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