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Submitted by Martin_L on Friday, 21 May 2010 Page Views: 2484

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Drangstedt Steingrab 2 Alternative Name: Sprockhoff 613, Drangstedt Hünenbett II
Country: Germany Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Bremerhaven Nearest Village: Drangstedt
Latitude: 53.617570N Longitude: 8.703330E
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**Drangstedt Steingrab 2** submitted by Martin_L : Panoramic view from the East: Looking along the northern long-side of the 90m by 7m long barrow. The ends are marked with white "+", while the two pits where the chamber(s) were extracted are marked with "V". March 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Remains of a very large (possibly double-) chambered and kerbed long-barrow measuring 90m by 7m. Orientated nearly East-West (compass reading 100°) located in a woodland. All stones are lost, but the remaining earthwork still is 1,5m high. Trenches surround the long-barrow and indicate the position of the removed kerb-stones.

There are two funnel shaped pits inside the barrow probably indicating the positions of the chambers. A smaller one is located at 55m-60m (measuring from the West), the other between 70m and 80m. Granite fragments can be found in these pits and at other parts of the barrow. To get an impression how the site originally may have looked compare with similar sites in Germany and Denmark in better condition. For example: Kleinenkneter Steine ,Karlsminde, Grønsalen

The stones probably were destroyed by explosives in the 19th century and may have been used as building material for the nearby road or the now abandoned railway 100m to the South(*) .

It is part of a large Necropolis consisting of at least two other neolithic chambered long-barrows just to the South and at least one further neolithic chambered long-barrow some hundred meters to the East. The use of this area as a cemetery continued in the bronze-age. Several barrows and barrow cemeteries are located nearby.

All of these sites are not signposted, but often small red-painted wooden poles are used to indicate them for the forest workers.

Unfortunately this site and its neighbours Drangstedt Steingrab I and III recently were damaged by illegal (it looks so unprofessional it cannot be the work of archaeologists) excavations. I detected this in May 2010 and the digging marks (probably resulting from a spade) were very clear so i assume the crime took place in the previous weeks. This really is silly as there are no precious things to be found in the tombs, especially when (like in this case) the chamber is completely robbed. On account of this i decided to publish the sites at the MP so that other archaeologically interested people may visit and have a look to prevent further damage.

Reference: Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975, p. 6

(*)There is no reference for this, but it is reported from other sites. The reason is the lack of bedrock/quarries in these areas, so stones were rare and only available as glacial erratics. As a result most megalithic tombs were used as quarries....

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