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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Schmerlecke Galeriegrab (3)Country: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Soest Nearest Village: Schmerlecke
Latitude: 51.595971N Longitude: 8.237313E
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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Remains of a gallery grave near Soest. Discovered in 2007. Part of a neolithic cemetery consisting of at least 3 gallery graves. Measuring 20-25m.
Sites recently examined by Dr. K. Schierhold et al.
More information about the recent excavations
References:
[1] K. Schierhold, Gräber für die Ewigkeit: die spätjungsteinzeitliche Kollektivgrabnekropole von Erwitte-Schmerlecke, Kr. Soest. Jahrbuch Westfalen 2011, 33–38.
[2] K. Schierhold / M. Baales / E. Cichy, Spätneolithischen Großsteingräbern auf der Spur - Geomagnetik in Erwitte-Schmerlecke. In: Th. Otten / H. Hellenkemper / J. Kunow u. a. (Hrsg.), Fundgeschichten. Archäologie in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Mainz 2010) 74–77.
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