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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ohrensen Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 658
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Stade Nearest Village: Ohrensen
Latitude: 53.497490N Longitude: 9.477709E
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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

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 Access:

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
0	no data

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 24th Mar 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 At a certain point there is no more fixed path, so you have to fight your way through nature. The stone grave is visible but not very clear because it is mostly overgrown.

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**Ohrensen Steingrab** submitted by Martin_L : Looking along the southern long-side (from a height of approx. 6m). The two “x” mark the ends of the remains of this large chambered and kerbed long-barrow measuring 48m by 7m . The chamber was located near the centre (marked with “C”). To get an impression how the site originally looked compare with similar sites in Germany and Denmark in better condition. For example: Kleinenkneter ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Remains of a chambered and kerbed long-barrow measuring 48m. Orientated E-W. The width is up to 13m and remaining height up to 1,2m.

Except of two kerb-stones of the northern side all kerb-stones originally supporting the earthwork are robbed (probably in the early 19th century, when most megalithic tombs were abused as quarries).

The site was examined by Kersten and Wegewitz in 1931. They were able to locate the position of the destroyed chamber. Parallel orientations are more common in this area, but according to the excavation this chamber had a transverse orientation. Located 36 m above sea level [2]

Reference:
[1] Kersten, Wegewitz, Schroller, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975, Text p. 23, Atlas pl. 22
[2] Amtliche Topographische Karten 1:50.000, Hrsg.: LGN Landesvermessung + Geobasisinformation Niedersachsen, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie 2008

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