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<< Our Photo Pages >> Egypten Steingrab - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

Submitted by stollentroll on Friday, 15 September 2006  Page Views: 4604

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Egypten Steingrab Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 943
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Dötlingen  Nearest Village: Siedlung Egypten
Latitude: 52.958025N  Longitude: 8.361112E
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.
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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Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by stollentroll : chambered tomb Egypten (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Lower Saxony, Bremen

A chambered tomb, partly in its mound.

And the name of the tomb is "Egypt"! Really!
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Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Pole aerial view. from the SE: "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones. Reference: Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner,... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : More unusual amounts of snow. View inside the remaining chamber part. January 2010. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : From the East. "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones. Reference: Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sproc... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones. Reference: Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atla... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : View East. Foreground: capstones of the well preserved NW chamber part. "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones. Re... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Pole aerial view. "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones. Reference: Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sp...

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : Close-up of the NW-chamber part. "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as most of the kerbstones. Reference: Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: K...

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : View inside the NW chamber part + one of the many comparatively large spiders currently populating it. "Egypten"/Sprockhoff 943 is a NW-SE oriented chamber measuring 7m by 3m inside partly preserved oval barrow. The north-western half is halfways filled with earth, but very well preserved with all orthostats and 2 capstones still in situ. The two (or 3) other capstones are robbed as well as m...

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : October 18, 2021

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Egypten Steingrab April 2011

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Egypten Steingrab submitted by johnstone : Ground-plan (1929), Picture credits: Sprockhoff, Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen (1975)

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Egypten Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Egypten Steingrab April 2011

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Egypten Steingrab submitted by holger_rix

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Egypten Steingrab submitted by holger_rix

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Egypten Steingrab submitted by holger_rix : Information

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Egypten Steingrab submitted by Drvenkman : Egypten

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : The preserved part of the chamber (April 2009)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : The chamber and the remains of the barrow.

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by Martin_L : View towards NW (April 2007)

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by stollentroll : Chambered tomb Egypten. Two perimeter stones are still in place.

Egypten Steingrab
Egypten Steingrab submitted by stollentroll : chambered tomb Egypten (1 comment)

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