<< Our Photo Pages >> Raven Steingrab 2 - Passage Grave in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by greywether on Saturday, 09 July 2005  Page Views: 4700

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Raven Steingrab 2 Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 680
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Lueneburg  Nearest Village: Amelinghausen
Latitude: 53.175607N  Longitude: 10.185945E
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.
 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.
 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
 5

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 22nd Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Well-preserved passage grave. Easily reached via a dirt road.

johnstone visited on 3rd Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Martin_L have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by greywether : The chamber of #680. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On a hill called Strietberg, east of Raven, two similar tombs, just 80m apart. The western tomb belongs to Raven, the eastern one to Wetzen.

Text by 'holger_rix', 8-2009:

The chamber has 5 orthostats on the northern long side, and 4 on the southern. The short sides are closed by one orthostat. These eleven stones are all original, but most of them have been put back to this position in 1964. Also the two remaining capstones have been put back. The passage also has two orthostats.

The size of the chamber is apprx. 6m x 1.5m

Source: Niedersachsen Bremen 3D v1.5 DVD
and
Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgraeber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen

Original text by 'greywether': There are two similar sites here on either side of a track. #680 is on the left (west); #681 on the right. At the latter, part of the circle of kerbstones is still visible.
August 1994.
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Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by krautrock : Raven Steingrab 2. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L : View West. The chamber is built of red granite (as in most cases). But as usual the colour nowadays is largely hidden by lichen, moss and algae. June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L : Oblique aerial from the SW. Due to tree growth it is impossible to get a higher view from this direction. Length of the chamber is 7m (clear 5,6m according to Wegewitz et. al.). June 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L : Oblique aerial from the South. Three capstones are lost (C1, C4 and C5 otherwise the chamber is well preserved. "ES"= entrance stone. The site was excavated by Wegewitz et al. in 1964. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by krautrock : Raven Steingrab 2 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix : On a hill called Strietberg, east of Raven, two similar tombs, just 80m apart. The western tomb belongs to Raven, the eastern one to Wetzen. The chamber has 5 orthostats on the northern long side, and 4 on the southern. The short sides are closed by one orthostat. These eleven stones are all original, but most of them have been put back to this position in 1964. Also the...

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L : View West. The chamber is built of red granite (as in most cases). But as usual the colour nowadays is largely hidden by lichen, moss and algae. June 2010

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix : On a hill called Strietberg, east of Raven, two similar tombs, just 80m apart. The western tomb belongs to Raven, the eastern one to Wetzen. The chamber has 5 orthostats on the northern long side, and 4 on the southern. The short sides are closed by one orthostat. These eleven stones are all original, but most of them have been put back to this position in 1964. Also the...

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix : On a hill called Strietberg, east of Raven, two similar tombs, just 80m apart.

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : August 22, 2021

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by krautrock : A borderstone between the two villages Raven and Wetzen in Lower Saxony. In the background Raven Steingrab 2.

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix : On a hill called Strietberg, east of Raven, two similar tombs, just 80m apart. The western tomb belongs to Raven, the eastern one to Wetzen. The chamber has 5 orthostats on the northern long side, and 4 on the southern. The short sides are closed by one orthostat. These eleven stones are all original, but most of them have been put back to this position in 1964. Also the...

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by stollentroll : Chambered tomb Raven 2.

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Izozo :

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by Izozo

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone : View at the side, the two fat capstones, Sep.3, 2019

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone : View into the chamber where a capstone is missing, Sep.3, 2019

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone : Reconstruction and ground-plan (1967), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix : On a hill called Strietberg, east of Raven, two similar tombs, just 80m apart. The western tomb belongs to Raven, the eastern one to Wetzen. The chamber has 5 orthostats on the northern long side, and 4 on the southern. The short sides are closed by one orthostat. These eleven stones are all original, but most of them have been put back to this position in 1964. Also the...

Raven Steingrab 2
Raven Steingrab 2 submitted by stollentroll : Chambered tomb Raven 2.

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