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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wennerstorf Steingrab Alternative Name: Margaretenstein, Sprockhoff 671
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.051 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Hamburg  Nearest Village: Wennerstorf
Latitude: 53.367811N  Longitude: 9.774689E
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
 2 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.
 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
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 3rd Oct 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 There are many stones in great disorder. However, the previously existing tumulus can still be seen.

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Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Remains of a Burial Chamber near Wennerstorf. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Remains of a Burial Chamber near Wennerstorf.
Also called the 'Margaretenstein'.

Just two uprights are still in place.
Sadly, this tomb is pretty much destroyed.
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Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Trying to illustrate the sites' delightful ambience and the tombs' position inside the remains of its largely removed oval barrow. View from the SW. The stone foreground right is one of at least 4 megaliths that are scattered around to the SW of the site and possibly originate from the chamber. Photo taken in June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Oblique aerial view from the West (taken June 2010). Heavily damaged by historic destruction attempts, but still an interesting site. The eastern end of the possible 5 capstone chamber is almost completely robbed and destroyed (only a large and a smaller megalithic fragments remained), while the western half is partly preserved. In situ are 4 orthostats: the western chamber endstone (W), thre... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Oblique aerial view from the East (taken June 2010). Heavily damaged by historic destruction attempts, but still an interesting site. The eastern end of the possible 5 capstone chamber is almost completely robbed and destroyed. Only a larger (F) and s smaller fragments of partly destroyed stones remained the large (F) showing toolmarks, while the western part is partly preserved. In situ are... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : October 3, 2021 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1968), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Sadly, this tomb is pretty much destroyed.

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Just two uprights are still in place.

Wennerstorf Steingrab
Wennerstorf Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : This tomb is also called the 'Margaretenstein'.

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