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<< Our Photo Pages >> D44 Westenesch - Passage Grave in Netherlands in Drenthe

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 15 February 2001  Page Views: 3993

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: D44 Westenesch
Country: Netherlands Province: Drenthe Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Emmen  Nearest Village: Westenesch
Latitude: 52.787720N  Longitude: 6.872170E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 23rd Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Located next to a farm and easy to get to. Rather one of the smaller plants in this area.

johnstone visited on 23rd Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

johnstone visited on 18th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

SolarMegalith visited on 1st Aug 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.75

D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by Martin_L : Only few stones remained of this tomb. The original structure is unknown. The large capstone is resting on 3 orthostats, but only one (on the right in this picture) still is in situ (April 2009) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Passage Grave at Westenesch in Drenthe

D44 is to be found in the front of a farm in Westenesch west of Emmen.

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D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by peterpf : The ruins of D44. (Vote or comment on this photo)

D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by johnstone : Rather small megalith or most of it robbed? June 23, 2021 (Vote or comment on this photo)

D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by regina : Site in Drenthe Netherlands (Vote or comment on this photo)

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D44 Westenesch submitted by ShamrockStone (Vote or comment on this photo)

D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by johnstone : The simple dolmen on Apr.18, 2005 At that time, the only capstone was laying rather straight.

D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : April 30, 2022

D44 Westenesch
D44 Westenesch submitted by johnstone : The stone with drill holes, next to the tomb on June 23, 2021

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 927m N 353° D42 Emmeres* Passage Grave
 1.2km ENE 59° D43 Emmen Schimmeres* Passage Grave
 1.6km NE 34° D41 Emmermeer* Passage Grave
 1.8km E 84° Zwerfkei Emmen Stationsplein* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 2.0km S 179° Steen van Noordbarge* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 2.4km E 80° D45 Emmen* Passage Grave
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 2.8km NNE 24° Grafheuvel Emmen (45027) Round Barrow(s)
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