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<< Text Pages >> Grabhügelgruppe Unterer Backertsweg - Barrow Cemetery in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Saturday, 15 October 2016  Page Views: 799

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grabhügelgruppe Unterer Backertsweg
Country: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Aachen
Latitude: 50.742765N  Longitude: 6.042659E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
3

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The Grabhügelgruppe Unterer Backertsweg is a barrow cemetery in Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).

Some of the mounds are still visible in the Preuswald forrest:


50.741068, 6.044638

50.742105, 6.042439

50.742105, 6.042863

50.742765, 6.042659

50.742914, 6.042005


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[01] Stadt Aachen (Hrsg.): Verzeichnis der Bodendenkmäler im Stadtgebiet Aachen.




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