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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lemgrabe Steingrab 1 Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 716
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Lueneburg Nearest Village: Bostelwiebeck
Latitude: 53.154425N Longitude: 10.690097E
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

3 Ambience:

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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
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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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**Lemgrabe Steingrab 1** submitted by holger_rix : Impressive remains of a 9m x 2m Chambered Tomb, in a 15m Long Barrow. At this time of year the place is a green sea, but the remaining capstones are visible... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Megalithic tomb near Lüneburg in Lower Saxony

Neolithic tomb still deeply embedded significant remains of its barrow.
Chamber measuring 9m x 2m, most orthostats in situ, 5 out of 7 capstones remained.
Enclosure dimension 15m x 8m.
Half of the enclosure stones are preserved, but partly out of place.

Reference: Sprockhoff, Körner, Schwieger, Krüger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 47, Habelt, Bonn 1975
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