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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: D15 LoonCountry: Netherlands Province: Drenthe Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Assen Nearest Village: Loon
Latitude: 53.022750N Longitude: 6.613030E
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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johnstone visited on 16th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Aug 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.4 Access: 4.4
Out of the village of Loon only one field's width away from the railway track this ones got tons to see. Kerbstones, bit of barrow, good capstones and tons of style. We'd have spent more time here were it not for driving rain and a terrible smell of rotting turnips.
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