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<< Our Photo Pages >> Horster Sonnenstein - Rock Art in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by peterpf on Sunday, 30 July 2006  Page Views: 6017

Rock ArtSite Name: Horster Sonnenstein Alternative Name: Horsten Sonnenstein
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.575 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Horsten
Latitude: 53.450770N  Longitude: 7.938880E
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 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.
 5 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
 no data

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 20th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Incredibly good replica. The original is in Horsten's local school!

Horster Sonnenstein
Horster Sonnenstein submitted by peterpf : A closeup view of the sun-stone with its concentric rings. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Lower Saxony, Bremen

This "Sun-Stone" carries 17 encarved circles as sun symbols.
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Horster Sonnenstein
Horster Sonnenstein submitted by Martin_L : This and the two other "Sonnensteine" (Beckstedt and Harpstedt) were not discovered in situ. Hence it is difficult to determine the age of the carvings. Photo taken August 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horster Sonnenstein
Horster Sonnenstein submitted by Martin_L : Replica of the stone. This and the two other "Sonnensteine" (Beckstedt and Harpstedt) were not discovered in situ. Hence it is even more difficult to determine the age of the carvings. Photo taken August 2017. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horster Sonnenstein
Horster Sonnenstein submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : A (albeit very good!) replica. The original stone is in the local school in Horsten. A link to the school website with the stone: https://www.sonnensteinschule.de/Der-Sonnenstein/ (Vote or comment on this photo)

Horster Sonnenstein
Horster Sonnenstein submitted by peterpf : Today the stone is surrounded by a street. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Horster Sonnenstein
Horster Sonnenstein submitted by peterpf : The people in Horsten obviously are very proud about their stone. This sign welcomes visitors and says "Town of the 3000 years old sun-stone"

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Re: Horsten by Martin_L on Tuesday, 08 May 2012
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This and the two other "Sonnensteine" (Beckstedt and Harpstedt) were not discovered in situ. Hence it is difficult to determine the age of the carvings.
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Re: Horsten by Martin_L on Tuesday, 08 May 2012
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The original is located here:
http://www.sonnensteinschule.de/der-sonnenstein.html


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Re: Horsten by KaiHofmann on Monday, 07 May 2012
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"Katry Thorstenen" is a wrong site on this page.
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