<< Our Photo Pages >> Lamstedt Steenaben - Chambered Tomb in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lamstedt Steenaben Alternative Name: Steinofen, Hünengrab Westerberg, Sprockhoff 645Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Bremerhaven Nearest Village: Lamstedt
Latitude: 53.665670N Longitude: 9.080800E
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 |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 29th May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A really good preserved megalithic grave that can be reached after a short walk. I visited this place for the first time and it is really magically beautiful!
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
Nowadays one of the finest megalithic tombs in the Elbe-Weser-Region.
The "Steenaben" is located in a woodland called “Westerberg” north of Lamstedt. “Westerberg” a forested ridge, is a terminal moraine like the nearby “Wingst”.
The Northwest-Southeast orientated chamber has a trapezoid groundplan (compare photo from the infoboard). This is comparatively rare in Germany. Clear chamber size is 4m x 1,5 (NW)-0,8m(SE).
All four orthostats on each long-side are preserved in situ. The orthostat of the north-western short-side and three capstones (C1,C2,C3 counting from the NW) are also still in place. The south-eastern chamber-end is damaged by blasting attempts. As a result the capstone (C4) and the orthostast of the southeastern chamber-end are fragmented.
According to Sprockhoff et al. the lateral entrance was located in the middle of the south-western long-side.
The surrounding barrow is almost completely removed/eroded. The drywall filling is also missing, except for some boulders in and around the chamber.
“Steinofen” (low Geman: “Steenaben") means “Stone oven”. There are some other sites in (not only) Germany where megalithic tombs have similar names, like “Teufelsbackofen” (“Devil's oven”).
Access:
The site is signposted from the Lamstedt-Wingst road. There are possibilities to park beside the road. Walk the forest road west slightly upslope. After some 50m a fine round barrow (probably bronze age) is visible 20 m south of the track. After apprx. 350m from the main-road the megalithic tomb is visible to the right. Proceed to a junction and follow a track South (right) for 75m.
The site offers vast quantities of benches arranged very close to the tomb. As a result the otherwise good ambience is slightly decreased.
Reference:
Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 16.
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