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Submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on Wednesday, 22 September 2021 Page Views: 504

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hügelgräber bei Ostervesede (1-4)
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 5.581 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Scheeßel Nearest Village: Ostervesede
Latitude: 53.163880N Longitude: 9.581180E
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**Hügelgräber bei Ostervesede (1-4)** submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : September 21, 2021 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Round Barrow(s) in Lower Saxony, Bremen

In a strip of forest between two arable land to the north of the village of Ostervesede in the so-called 'Eik' there are four prehistoric tumuli. They form the remains of what was previously a larger barrow cemetery. In terms of size and texture, they can be dated to the Bronze Age. However, it cannot be ruled out that there are still graves from the Single Grave culture in them.
There is an information board near the graves along the way to them. However, you can only reach them directly over the field. It is difficult to determine whether the stones I photographed are stones from the former stone settings of the tumuli. However, their size is impressive (they are almost 'torso-large').

There are various stone axes, flint daggers and bronze objects come from the fields of Ostervesede. A bronze dagger and a flint sickle from the nearby 'Zechornsmoor' are probably to be regarded as laying down sacrifices.

In the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas the tumuli have the IDs: 28920854, 28920963, 28920964 and 28920975

Source of information:
- Tempel, Wolf-Dieter (1999), Auf ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Spuren durch den Landkreis Rotenburg, Wegweiser zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte Niedersachsen - Heft 22, Oldenburg p. 82
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