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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aesch Dolmen - Chambered Tomb in Switzerland in Baselland

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 5096

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aesch Dolmen
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 3.95 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Baselland Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Basel  Nearest Village: Aesch
Latitude: 47.468354N  Longitude: 7.569018E
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
3 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.
3 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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Aesch Dolmen
Aesch Dolmen submitted by Torwen : ca. 4 m long dolmen chamber made from limestone. The floor of the chamber is covered with smallish limestone slabs as is the outer area of the chamber (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Baseland

2000 BCE 4 metre by 3 metre dolmen in communal woods of the village and fenced in.
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Re: Aesch Dolmen by Megalithic89 on Thursday, 07 January 2021
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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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