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Submitted by holger_rix on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Page Views: 2775

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Molmke Steingrab Alternative Name: Altmark 34
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 5.981 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Salzwedel Nearest Village: Molmke
Latitude: 52.733041N Longitude: 10.872320E
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2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 26th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Like many in this region, this megalithic tomb lies directly on a field. You should therefore arrive before the start of sowing. Ideally in late autumn and winter.

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**Molmke Steingrab** submitted by holger_rix : 1.4km west of the small village Molmke, south of Diesdorf, not far from Diesdorf Steingrab 3, there is another typical 'Altmark Grossdolmen' with enclosure. And same as the other barrows in the area, the enclosure has two oversized guardian stones in the corners of the south-east end. Unfortunately the NW part of the enclosure is missing. Thats exactly where the comparative well preserved ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chambered Tomb in Saxony-Anhalt

1.4km west of the small village Molmke, south of Diesdorf, not far from Diesdorf Steingrab 3,
there is another typical 'Altmark Grossdolmen' with enclosure.
And same as the other barrows in the area, the enclosure has two oversized guardian stones in
the corners of the south-east end. Unfortunately the NW part of the enclosure is missing.
Thats exactly where the comparative well preserved chamber is located.

There is something unusual about this chamber.
It has a trapezoid shape, according to the 'Großsteingräber in der Altmark' book 9.9m x 3.2m/2.1m.
3.2m is a pretty big distance. In fact, I don't know another chamber that wide.
Strange thing is, the widest remaining capstone spans 2.5m - obviously not big enough to cover
the chamber on the wider NW end. Without any doubt, the uprights have moved since the erection,
esp. because the enclosure has been robbed at this end.
But, if you look at the pictures, the concerning uprights are still...
well... upright. A 'weak' orthostat should tilt in- or outwards.
At first sight, this isn't the case.

Anyhow, five capstones are still intact, but have sunken into the chamber.
The chamber had (at least) seven uprights on each long side.

References:

Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 42

Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 77, p. 146

Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale)
2006, No. 34, p. 133
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