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Submitted by peterpf on Saturday, 22 July 2006 Page Views: 3061

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bornsen Steingrab 1 Alternative Name: Altmark 3
Country: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Salzwedel Nearest Village: Bornsen
Latitude: 52.709802N Longitude: 10.914035E
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

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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
0	No data.

3 Accuracy:

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
0	no data

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 26th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This beautiful megalithic tomb is located south of Bornsen in a field! Here, too, only come to visit before the start of sowing!

johnstone visited on 1st Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5

**Bornsen Steingrab 1** submitted by peterpf : Severel capstones are still in place. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chambered Tomb in Saxony-Anhalt

A chambered tomb with several capstones.
Located in the fields south of Bornsen.

References:

Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 59

Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 94, p. 148

Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 3, p. 48
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