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Close-up of the passage graves' eastern end showing capstone C17 (counting from the West) and parts of the double oval enclosure. Clear length of the chamber is 25,5m [1]. The capstones are supported by 53 orthostats. The original barrow is almost completely removed as well as the dry-walling. The chamber is halfway embedded into the sandy ground. May 2010

[1] Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner,
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Close-up of the passage graves' eastern end showing capstone C17 (counting from the West) and parts of the double oval enclosure. Clear length of the chamber is 25,5m [1]. The capstones are supported by 53 orthostats. The original barrow is almost completely removed as well as the dry-walling. The chamber is halfway embedded into the sandy ground. May 2010

[1] Sprockhoff, Schwieger in: Körner, G. (Ed.), Sprockhoff, E. Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands, Teil 3: Niedersachsen-Westfalen, Habelt, Bonn, 1975, p. 134

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