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<< Our Photo Pages >> D50 Noordsleen - Passage Grave in Netherlands in Drenthe

Submitted by Sunflowerbird on Saturday, 02 September 2017  Page Views: 7381

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: D50 Noordsleen Alternative Name: Noord-Sleen Noord
Country: Netherlands Province: Drenthe Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Emmen  Nearest Village: Noord-Sleen
Latitude: 52.796060N  Longitude: 6.787220E
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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
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XIII visited on 8th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

CharcoalBurner89 visited on 30th Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Just wonderful! I stood in front of the megalithic grave with my mouth open and couldn't stop being amazed. Such well-preserved graves are so rare that my heart just starts beating when I visit one!

johnstone visited on 24th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

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D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Pole aerial view from the South-East showing the halfway exposed 17m x 4,35m chamber [1] and the oval enclosure. The covering barrow is largely removed as well as the drywalling. The position of the lateral entrance is marked "E". The passage is robbed except for one orthostat, but the positions of the 3 missing orthostats are marked with concrete implements. Photo taken in August 2010 ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Well signposted in the village of Noordsleen near Emmen, Drenthe. this hunebed (Passage Grave) lies complete with kerbstones close to its more trashed neighbour, D51.



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D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Pole aerial view from the West showing the largely exposed 17m x 4,35m chamber [1] and parts of the oval enclosure. August 2010 [1] van Giffen, A.E., De hunebedden in Nederland, Utrecht 1925, pl. 106 (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : View from the West showing the largely exposed 17m x 4,35m chamber [1] and parts of the oval enclosure. August 2010 [1] van Giffen, A.E., De hunebedden in Nederland, Utrecht 1925, pl. 106 (Vote or comment on this photo)

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : View from the SW showing parts of the oval enclosure and the largely exposed 17m x 4,35m chamber [1]. August 2010 [1] van Giffen, A.E., De hunebedden in Nederland, Utrecht 1925, pl. 106 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by gitaristtoon : Site in Drenthe Netherlands (Vote or comment on this photo)

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by SolarMegalith : Site in Drenthe Netherlands Hunebed D50 near Noordsleen with it's fantastically preserved ring of kerbstones - view from the west (photo taken on August 2004).

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Try to give an idea of how the builders saw their site: the chambers' inside viewed from the East. Of course it nowadays is halfway filled with earth and the drywalling (and possibly further interior details) is/are robbed. Nevertheless it is evident, that the builders were mainly interested in the appearence of the inside. The flat sides of all erratics face towards chambers' inside. Reference...

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : The chamber viewed from the North-east. Really a breathtaking monument. Restored by Professor van Giffen et al. Only the earthwork and the drywalling are missing, but the megalithic structure is perfectly preserved/restored.

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by SolarMegalith : Site in Drenthe Netherlands Very well preserved hunebed with ring of 24 kerbstones and 7 capstones (photo taken on August 2004).

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Western end of tomb. Some of the large and beautiful enclosure kerbstones are visible in the foreground (April 2009)

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Overview of this gigantic ensemble. Viewed from the SW (April 2009)

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Sunflowerbird : D50 Noordsleen This one's a bit gorgeous! (4 comments)

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Alta-Falisa : A lot depends on the lighting. June 2022.

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Alta-Falisa : D50. SEP.2012

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by gitaristtoon : Site in Drenthe Netherlands

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Sunflowerbird : D50 Noordsleen Well signposted in the village of Noordsleen near Emmen this hunebed lies complete with kerbstones close to its more trashed neighbour, D51.

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Drenthe Netherlands

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Alta-Falisa : D50. SEP.2012

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Viewed from the South-west. Really a breathtaking monument. Restored by Professor van Giffen et al. Only the earthwork and the drywalling are missing, but the megalithic structure is perfectly preserved/restored (April 2009)

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by johnstone : Standing in the centre of the tomb on June 24, 2021

D50 Noordsleen
D50 Noordsleen submitted by regina : Site in Drenthe Netherlands

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by johnstone : Very impressive this D50 on Apr.18, 2005

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L : Western half of the chamber. The chamber is halfway filled with earth, so it is very low (April 2009)

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by greywether : The passage grave is in the centre viewed side on. Around the edge are the kerbstones of the cairn. July 1993

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D50 Noordsleen submitted by Alta-Falisa : A ray of sunshine sufficed. June 2022.

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 159m SSW 198° D51 Noordsleen* Passage Grave
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Re: D50 Noordsleen by combuijs on Wednesday, 20 September 2017
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D50 has never been excavated in a scientific way. It has been restored in 1962 and 1998. Its neighbour D51 has been restored in 1962. For the near future no excavations are planned, in none of the Dutch monuments actually. Archeologists prefer to preserve the current state and don't want evidence to be destroyed.

Dutch "hunebedden" were very likely all used for funerals, but evidence is scarce as the soil is very acid. No bone material will survive that. For some monuments there is proof however (not D50 however).

As for Martin_L's remark about earthen barrows covering the monuments: For several Dutch monuments it has been proven by Lanting that they were covered up in stages, so every time the barrow became a little bit higher. Certainly not all the capstones were fully covered by earth all the time. D50 was not investigated for this though, so we don't know how the covering worked out here.
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Re: D50 Noordsleen by drolaf on Wednesday, 06 September 2017
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great photos. i wonder if it will ever be excavated, and if it was a burial site
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    Re: D50 Noordsleen by Martin_L on Wednesday, 06 September 2017
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    just a quick reply without many details: thanks. whenever sites of this type (mostly attributed to Funnel beaker culture (TBK, Trichterbecherkultur) (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland) have been excavated and the circumstances allowed to recover the interior it turned out, that they contained burials. Up to 300 bodies. There is a lot of evidence, that all this chambers were originally fully hidden inside (mainly earthen) barrows (including coverage of the capstones). Depending on the size the chambers had passages/entrances which could be closed with smaller door stones/portals which allowed reopening for next burials. Somehow the builders seemingly felt it is necessary to completely surround their deceased ones with rocks (even the floor was paved and the drywallings between the orthostats and capstones left not the slightest gap). Fascinating as this happened in areas which mostly lack any quarrys and only had glacial erratics of various sizes available. Would be interesting to know if they wanted to protect themselves from revenants or wished to protect their dear departed. Or both. Various grave goods indicate they probably at least cared for them in way. Cheers
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