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<< Our Photo Pages >> Zigiholz Grabhügel - Barrow Cemetery in Switzerland in Aargau

Submitted by Mona on Monday, 14 June 2021  Page Views: 3789

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Zigiholz Grabhügel
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 2.583 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Aargau Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Zürich  Nearest Village: Sarmenstorf
Latitude: 47.310113N  Longitude: 8.264177E
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.
4 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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Zigiholz Grabhügel
Zigiholz Grabhügel submitted by mona : Grabhügel 4 + 5 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Several Tumuli dating to 1400 BCE in woods in Aargau, Switzerland

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Zigiholz Grabhügel submitted by mona : Grabhügel 2 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Zigiholz Grabhügel submitted by mona : Necropolis Zigiholz (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Zigiholz Grabhügel (Necropolis Zigiholz) by mona on Thursday, 25 March 2021
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Between 1926 and 1928, 21 burial mounds were mapped in the Zigiholz. Of these, seven were archaeologically examined. According to the latest findings, the tombs were built in the Bronze Age (1500 to 1300 BC).

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Re: Zigiholz Grabhügel by mona on Thursday, 25 March 2021
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47.310113 8.264177 Accuracy 5
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Re: Zigiholz Grabhügel by Megalithic89 on Thursday, 05 November 2020
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47.31016N 8.26425E
Source: Canton of Aargau, Archaeological Department, CH-5200 Brugg
Description and photos on their website, in German. Zigiholz is a place of 21 tumuli of the bronze age (1500 - 1300 BC).
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