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<< Our Photo Pages >> Heidenstein (Schwörstadt) - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Germany in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 13 September 2005  Page Views: 4094

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Heidenstein (Schwörstadt)
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 5.003 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Baden-Wuerttemberg Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Basel  Nearest Village: Schwörstadt
Latitude: 47.592487N  Longitude: 7.871944E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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aolson visited on 26th Dec 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5 We first read the information panel, outlining the excavation and finds, and then on the "inside" of the dolmen we found some freshly laid flowers, which made the dry numbers or excavated skeletal remains in the information seem a little more human.

aolson visited on 6th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Located along a residential street. Could have its own house number...



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 2 Access: 5

Heidenstein (Schwörstadt)
Heidenstein (Schwörstadt) submitted by AlexHunger : Heidenstein - Schwörstadt (Front) Front upright orthostat with "Soul Hole" and only remainder of former Dolmen. 1.9 Meter tall and about 3 meters wide and dated to about 2500 BC. The cap stone was alledgedly carted away by the local blacksmith several decades ago. The rear side shows traces of fire due to the burning of trash. Archeologists have marked out the outline of the rest of the dol... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dolmen in Baden-Württemberg

2.3 metre tall orthostat with porthole remaining of squarish dolmen. The three other limestone orthostats and cap stone have been lost, or re-used by local smith. Above the main road between the houses on the Römerstraße.
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Heidenstein (Schwörstadt)
Heidenstein (Schwörstadt) submitted by AlexHunger : Heidenstein - schwoerstadt (Rear) Front upright orthostat with "Soul Hole" and only remainder of former Dolmen. 1.9 Meter tall and about 3 meters wide and dated to about 2500 BC. The cap stone was alledgedly carted away by the local blacksmith several decades ago. The rear side shows traces of fire due to the burning of trash. Archeologists have marked out the outline of the rest of the dolm... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heidenstein (Schwörstadt)
Heidenstein (Schwörstadt) submitted by aolson : On our visit we discovered a touching tribute - some flowers recently placed where at least 19 individuals were buried millenia ago. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Heidenstein by Megalithic89 on Thursday, 07 January 2021
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This link may be of interest also on the Schwörstadt site page:

Reference: Zur Herkunft und Zeitstellung der einfachen Dolmen vom Typus Aesch-Schwörstadt

Article written in German, illustrated with sketches and photos.

Yearbook of the Swiss Society for Prehistory and Early History, Volume 53, 1966 - 1967,
Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Band 53, 1966 - 167.

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