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Schmeersteine Huegelgrab (1)

Date Added: 2nd Sep 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3

Schmeersteine Huegelgrab (1)

Schmeersteine Huegelgrab (1) submitted by Martin_L on 25th Apr 2012. From the SW. Large barrow of slightly irregular shape, appr. 24m diameter, height 2m. Situated in a pathless area of a woodland, with partly dense undergrowth. It is located to the North-east of Schmeersteine Großsteingrab. Many trees are growing on the barrow. The surface of its southern edge is partly grown with grass, most other parts are like the forest soil. There are several dens (probably badger) inside the barrow. The largest entrance just on top of it. Dating of barrow is uncert...
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Log Text: At midday, the barrow was not immediately obvious with the summer forestfloor growth.



Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab

Date Added: 2nd Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab

Schmeersteine Grosssteingrab submitted by Martin_L on 14th Apr 2010. The remaining chamber part viewed from the South-West. Foreground right: orthostat S5. Probably explosives were used in the 19th century (as usual) to destroy the site. Fortunately it partly survived. April 2010 Visit Remark: Even in early April there were plenty of ticks.
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Log Text: Several noticeboards surround this site. A very pleasant surrounding woodland with a great diversity of undergrowth flora.



Thoelstedt Steingrab

Date Added: 25th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5

Thoelstedt Steingrab

Thoelstedt Steingrab submitted by Martin_L on 25th Apr 2012. From the NE. View along the East-West oriented chamber. April 2012
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Log Text: August seems a poor time to visit, at least in 2021 - the site was totally overgrown with stinging nettles. The information board by the small road was clearly visible, and an excellent bench for taking a break during a cycle, but as you can see from my image, details were very difficult to make out.



Visbek Opfertisch

Date Added: 25th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5

Visbek Opfertisch

Visbek Opfertisch submitted by Martin_L on 12th Feb 2009. From the NW. The large capstone on the western chamber part still measures 5m x 3m. It was damaged by blasting attempts. Two pieces of it are fallen into the chamber. Original length was 7m. Staff for scaling reasons measuring 1m.
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Log Text: A pleasant and quite well visited site in August. The large tree give a pleasing composition. It is interesting to see how out of scale the previous visitors rendered this site in etchings, certainly portraying a more dramatic tableau than that existing in actuality.



Visbek Brautwagen

Date Added: 25th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Visbek Brautwagen

Visbek Brautwagen submitted by Martin_L on 3rd Nov 2009. The site viewed from the south-west. January 2008
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Log Text: The brides coach is made of very large blocks, the most massive used in the local tombs.



Achim-Baden Huegelgrab

Date Added: 26th Sep 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5

Achim-Baden Huegelgrab

Achim-Baden Huegelgrab submitted by Andreas on 27th Jun 2013. View to the barrow's top (picture from June 2013)
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Log Text: Situated a two minute walk from a LIDL car park, this site is surprisingly pleasant. Totally surrounded by recent developments, this site is an oasis of trees and vegetation in Achim. 200 m from a wilderness park.



Reckum Huegelgraeberfeld

Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Reckum Huegelgraeberfeld

Reckum Huegelgraeberfeld submitted by Martin_L on 30th Apr 2010. Part of the barrow cemetery showing one barrow in the foreground, one in the left background. Another one can be seen (with some difficulty) at centers' background. April 2010
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Log Text: This is a small wooded area surrounded by active farming. The wood seems to be more and more overgrown these last few years, but the barrows can still be seen within. A very pleasing location, early on a misty morning.



Einen Hügelgräberfeld

Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2024. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 1

Einen Hügelgräberfeld

Einen Hügelgräberfeld submitted by Martin_L on 6th Mar 2012. Two large barrows at cemeterys' NE edge. This is where the info panel is placed. “Einen Hügelgräberfeld” is a remarkable large bronze- and iron age barrow cemetery still consisting of 50 barrows and several long and low wall-like structures, partly adjacent to some of the bronze age barrows and probably contemporary to them. Barrows' sizes vary from 5m to 20m diameter, and 0,3m to 2m height. Situated in woodland, but partly without larger amounts of undergrowth. The site currently is si...
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Log Text: Unfortunately this site was utterly overgrown and impossible to find any actual barrows within... I found the noticeboards, and nothing else amongst the scrub and brambles.



Arkeburg Burgwall

Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5

Arkeburg Burgwall

Arkeburg Burgwall submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 19th Oct 2021. October 18, 2021
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Log Text: A nice and informative hillfort site, with wooden mocked up wall.



Visbeker Braut

Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4

Visbeker Braut

Visbeker Braut submitted by Martin_L on 18th Jan 2011. The SW-side narrow side. It is built of 4 enormous kerbstones, all appr. 3m high. Like at similar sites, the kerbstones at the narrow sides are the largest. The other short side in the NW is partly destroyed, but two large corner stones are still in place. These larger kerbstones at the short sides of long barrows are often called “Wächter” (means: “guard” or “guardian”) in Germany. March 2008
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Log Text: Always a pleasure to visit this site... glorious in the late summer evening sun. Sept 4th 2024.



Lousberg Flint Quarry

Date Added: 28th Oct 2021
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 27th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3

Lousberg Flint Quarry

Lousberg Flint Quarry submitted by Harald_Platta on 4th Apr 2016. The Lousberg was a Neolithic flint quarry in Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia). It was used as a from ca. 3500 - 3000 BC. The picture shows raw flint stones found at the foot of the Lousberg (Veltmanplatz). They are displayed in the LVR Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn. © Platta 2016
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Log Text: The Lousberg Flint Quarry is on top of a very steep hill in the centre of the city of Aachen. There is a car park quite near the top. Much of the summit of this feature was apparently used for making flint tools, and there are some excellent information boards (in German) on the summit now, descirbing both the geology and use in both the local and regional setting.

The position on the map is incorrect for the main mining waste piles, which are intermixed with the trees 100 m north west of the Lousberg summit, rather than 200 m south east of the summit, as indicated on the map. The information boards are likewise some 200 m north west of the indicated position.

Within the exposed roots of the trees many apparently worked fragments of flint are exposed amongst the leaves and detritus, and after 10 or 15 minutes walking about it is difficult to not spot at least a few which look like failed attempts to make axes! In any case, the site is beautiful and worth a stroll if visiting this city.



Grafheuvel Koudhoorn (45858)

Date Added: 27th Aug 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Netherlands (Gelderland)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2

Grafheuvel Koudhoorn (45858)

Grafheuvel Koudhoorn (45858) submitted by Autun on 27th Aug 2022. Occasional trees and tree stumps on the mound, thick woodland surrounding.
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Log Text: This mound is seriously beautiful, surrounded by very dense forest with a thick covering of fallen branches and thick undergrowth. A good 200 m from a poor, sandy bridal trail renders this site difficult to access, but worth it, if you are a fan of mounds!



Grafheuvels Maarn

Date Added: 25th Aug 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Netherlands (Utrecht)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3

Grafheuvels Maarn

Grafheuvels Maarn submitted by Podovsky on 6th May 2020. Site in Utrecht Netherlands
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Log Text: This is a fenced off area of 4 or 5 burial mounds at least, covered in heather and ver beautiful.



Grafheuvels Doornse Gat

Date Added: 27th Aug 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Netherlands (Utrecht)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Grafheuvels Doornse Gat

Grafheuvels Doornse Gat submitted by Podovsky on 6th May 2020. Site in Utrecht Netherlands
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Log Text: I identify 4 individual mounds at this location, as illustrated on the uploaded map image, with photos also uploaded of each mound.



Dolmen de la Vinya del Rei

Date Added: 8th Aug 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2

Dolmen de la Vinya del Rei

Dolmen de la Vinya del Rei submitted by stollentroll on 30th Jun 2008. Site in Cataluña Spain: The dolmen Vinya del Rei
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Log Text: This site is part of an excellent, if steep and bumpy, walk in the low Pyrenees. Excellent views throughout. Interestingly, the entrances to some of these dolmens seem to relate to local geology.



Dolmen del Garrollar

Date Added: 8th Aug 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2

Dolmen del Garrollar

Dolmen del Garrollar submitted by stollentroll on 1st Jul 2008. Site in Cataluña Spain: The dolmen Garrollar
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Log Text: This site is part of an excellent, if steep and bumpy, walk in the low Pyrenees. Excellent views throughout. In this case, the entrance aligns with a quartz (or hard white rock of some sort) outcrop, shown on the photos.



Dolmen de la Talaia

Date Added: 8th Aug 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3

Dolmen de la Talaia

Dolmen de la Talaia submitted by stollentroll on 3rd Jul 2008. Site in Cataluña Spain: The dolmen Talaia.
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Log Text: This site is part of an excellent, if steep and bumpy, walk in the low Pyrenees. Excellent views throughout.



Inscultures de la Carena

Date Added: 8th Aug 2025
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Access 5

Inscultures de la Carena

Inscultures de la Carena submitted by Autun on 8th Aug 2025. Site in Cataluña Spain - possible cup marking
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Log Text: I found this rock art site. I didnt know what i was reallz looking for, but found what could be some cup marks, and a cross, which i guess is more recent... here are some images of features I found within 10 m of the map marking. There was no signage, despite proximity to the megalithic walk.



Dolmen del Mas de la Mata

Date Added: 8th Aug 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1

Dolmen del Mas de la Mata

Dolmen del Mas de la Mata submitted by Autun on 8th Aug 2025. Site in Cataluña Spain
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Log Text: This dolmen, like the others in this valley, was very difficult to find, even with an advanced GPS. All paths that were once in the area are overgrown with sharp, thorny bushes and are easily lost amongst boulders, trees, drops and slopes. It was a very difficult and sunny descent. There are however pairs of stacked stones left by someone who occasionally visits some of these sites. Expect a difficult scrabble if you visit, bring water and tell someone where you are heading... it is real ankle breaking terrain... Still, the dolmens are pleasing, and bold, red on white signs can be seen on arrival... this can be useful as the bushes seem rampant.



Dolmen de Roca Miralles

Date Added: 8th Aug 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1

Dolmen de Roca Miralles

Dolmen de Roca Miralles submitted by Autun on 8th Aug 2025. Site in Cataluña Spain
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Log Text: This dolmen, like the others in this valley, was very difficult to find, even with an advanced GPS. All paths that were once in the area are overgrown with sharp, thorny bushes and are easily lost amongst boulders, trees, drops and slopes. It was a very difficult and sunny descent. There are however pairs of stacked stones left by someone who occasionally visits some of these sites. Expect a difficult scrabble if you visit, bring water and tell someone where you are heading... it is real ankle breaking terrain... Still, the dolmens are pleasing, and bold, red on white signs can be seen on arrival... this can be useful as the bushes seem rampant.




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