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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mehmke Steingrab 2 Alternative Name: Altmark 32Country: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Salzwedel Nearest Village: Mehmke
Latitude: 52.730617N Longitude: 10.962806E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 26th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This megalithic tomb is mostly destroyed. Apparently it is often used as a playground.
johnstone visited on 1st Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 2.5 Access: 4
Just 600m NE of the small village Mehmke, close to a small street, remains of a Chambered Tomb, a 'Grossdolmen' with enclosure.
Enclosure size apprx. 20m x 5m, only 13 stones survived.
Chamber with three pairs of uprights on the long sides, rectangle shape 4m x 1.4m.
Five of the eight orthostats remain and three capstones.
But almost all these stones have been moved or are out of place, so the tomb gives the impression of just a pile of big stones.
References:
Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 61
Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 96, p. 148
Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale)
2006, No. 32, p. 128
(There is no tomb no. 1 near Mehmke. Numbering is according to ''Großsteingräber in der Altmark')
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