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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Westerholte Westgruppe Grab 1Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Ankum Nearest Village: Westerholte
Latitude: 52.490650N Longitude: 7.867820E
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 |
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| 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 |
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At Westerholte many megalithic tombs, barrows and a bronze age stone cist are still preserved.
Two groups can be distinguished.
The Eastern group (Giersfeld) with a signposted circuit is very well known.
The Western group is located 1km west of the Eastern group and originally consisted of at least 3 megalithic tombs and some round barrows. The megalithic tombs were situated close to the Ankum-Ueffeln road and are completly destroyed except for Tomb 1.
Tomb 1:
This tomb was hidden in dense wood and discovered very late in the 1950s.
It was situated close to a small stream. According to Tempel [2] its structure was completly destroyed by the landowner in 1972 (!!!) immediately before a scheduled scientific examination. The landowner insisted that he did not knew about the existence of the tomb. While clearing and rooting out the trees he also tore out all stones of the tomb. During following excavation the original positions of the orthostats were traced. Therefore the chamber originally had 10 orthostats a clear length of 8,4m and was covered by 5 capstones.
Fragments of 40 pieces of funnel-beaker pottery were also found.
The current situation is uncertain. At the position of the tomb marked in the 1:25000 topographic map an overgrown barrow with some larger stones in it is visible.
References:
[1] W.D. Tempel in: Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern Band 44, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1979, p.188-190
[2] W.Schlüter in: Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern Band 44, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1979, p. 6-8
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