<< Our Photo Pages >> Sundermannsteine - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sundermannsteine Alternative Name: Gretesch Grab 2, Sprockhoff 921Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Osnabrück Nearest Village: Gretesch
Latitude: 52.282982N Longitude: 8.129023E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 10th Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Located right next to the road, it is easy to pass the megalithic tomb. However, there is no direct route to it and parking is somewhat limited.
johnstone visited on 10th Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Aug 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 2.67 Access: 5
There is some evidence, that it was a passage grave, but this section is destroyed. As the southeastern endstone is missing, its original length is not exactly determinable. Length of the preserved part is 20m, width 4,5m (clear 2,6m) at chamber's center and 3,5m (clear 2m) at both ends. Assuming that the chamber was built symmetrically one pair of uprights is missing in the southeast. This would add 2 or 3m. So the original number of capstones most probably was 10 or 11. Nowadays 3 capstones survided (if numbered from east to west these are 1, 3 and 6) in situ, one is fallen into the chamber.
The largest preserved capstone measures appr. 4,1m x 2,7m. This capstone is supported by two orthostats of the southeastern longside. Sprockhoff assumed, that the entrance was located between these orthostats.
Reference:
Sprockhoff, E. (et al.) – Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands – Teil 3 Niedersachsen - Westfalen, Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn, 1975, Textband p. 126, Atlasband p.145)
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