Duenenfaehr Steingrab (1) [Sprockhoff 619, Dünenfähr, Dünenfehr, Nückel, Bexhövede] Chambered Tomb : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Duenenfaehr Steingrab (1) Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 619, Dünenfähr, Dünenfehr, Nückel, Bexhövede
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.262 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Bremerhaven Nearest Village: Bexhövede
Latitude: 53.477176N Longitude: 8.672268E
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 30th Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Unfortunately, there are no easy parking spaces for cars nearby. The grave can be reached via a narrow little path that first leads to a private cemetery. The megalith grave is located directly behind it on the tumulus.

johnstone visited on 25th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4

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**Duenenfaehr Steingrab (1)** submitted by Martin_L : December 2007. Viewed from the West. The chamber is deeply embedded into the remains of the barrow. The large southwestern capstone (3,5m x 2,2m x 1,2m) is resting on at least two partly visible orthostats. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chambered Tomb near Bremerhaven with its own legend "Die Zwerge bei Dünenfähr" ("The dwarves at Dünenfähr"). Thanks to landlord von Hodenberg's intervention in 1840 the complete destruction of this tomb was stopped in the very last minute. The larger remaining capstone was already prepared for blasting and has two rows of drillholes in it.

The megalithic chamber is situated inside a pit and surrounded by significant remains of a nearly round barrow (diameter 30m, height 2,5m). It is orientated approximately SW-NE. The chamber still is deeply embedded into the barrow. The large southwestern capstone is resting nearly in situ on two partly visible orthostats. The other preserved capstone is damaged by blasting and partly covered by the eroded barrow. Probably it is still resting on its orthostats. The original shape of the chamber is unknown as both ends are uncertain.

There also is a fine legend associated with this site [2]:
This barrow and two nearby barrows at Dünenfähr were (?) inhabited by dwarves. In general they were benevolent, and also known to be skilled blacksmithes. When farmers placed there broken agricultural equipment beside one of the barrows it often was repaired the next morning. Nevertheless it was obvious that the metal used by the dwarves sometimes was stolen from the farmers. It was reported that the dwarves were even able to remove the lynchpins of carriages driving by on the track leading along the barrows. Once a farm servant was driving along these track and to prevent this he let the whip crack. Then suddenly a dwarf became visible. The dwarv's hat was whipped of his head.
The dwarv approached the farm servant: “Return me my hat!”
The farm servant answered: “I will not return your hat until you refund all the stolen lynchpins!”
The dwarf responded: “The lynchpins are all used for smithery, we cannot return them. But I promise you an adequte reward on your way home, if you return me my hat anyway!”
The servant returned the hat as he already started to become spooked. He drove home and looked for his reward. After a while a dead horse was lying beside his way. He was angry and assumed the dwarf cheated him. But then he decided to cut out a piece of the loins to feed the farm dogs. After he arrived at the farm he took the ham of the carriage and to his surprise it was of solid gold.
He then hurried back to the place where he found the horses' carcass, but it was vanished without a trace.

References:
[1] Krause, Schoetensack (1894), Sprockhoff, Schwieger (1927) in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Rudolf Habelt Verlag GmbH, Bonn 1975, p. 7.
[2] Eberhard Michael Iba, Hake Betken siene Duven, Das große Sagenbuch von Elb- und Wesermündung 1999, Die Zwerge bei Dünenfähr. Seite 218f.
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