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Île Melon menhirs
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1
Île Melon menhirs submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jul 2009. There are remains of at least two menhirs to the south of the island.
Other larger menhirs were destroyed in the second world war. I would guess an inspection of the rocks on the island would reveal some pieces.
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Log Text: These stones are rather pleasant, and likely lined up with the large menhir which was once nearby. The stones are host to a range of interesting fauna, as is the island as a hole, with many contrasting exposure niches providing for a patchwork fauna mosaic.
Kliplev Runddysse
Date Added: 8th Jun 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kliplev Runddysse submitted by krautrock on 26th Aug 2010. Kliplev Runddysse, Site in Åbenrå Denmark
July 2010
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Log Text: Tricky site to visit... Some fencing etc seems designed to make access difficult.
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 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.
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 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.
Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir submitted by Martin_L on 31st Jan 2009. Menhir Saint-Gonvarc'h (Pierre der Saint Gonvarc'h, Menhir de St-Gonveld) is an impressive 6m tall and slender Menhir. Unfortunately it is situated in a field, so direct access is limited. But even the view from a distance is worth seeing (May 2001).
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Log Text: I was whisked past this menhir on a bus some way distant. Even so, this massive stone was still visible above a cropped field. A fantasticly prominent stone.
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 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.
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) 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.
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 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.
Traonigou alignement de menhirs
Date Added: 21st Sep 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Traonigou alignement de menhirs submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jul 2009. The two standing menhirs are about 4 and 5 metres tall, the two fallen ones becoming lost in the undergrowth.
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Log Text: At the time of visit, only the two vertical stones were visible given the thick greenery. A beautiful site, though for some reason a rope had been strung across the access path.
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 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.
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 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.
Visbeker Braut
Date Added: 3rd Sep 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
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: A splendid site, well visited this summer by a range of interested visitors. Atmospheric for such an easily reached site adjacent to a sizable road.
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 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.
Wildeshausen Hohe Steine
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 5
Wildeshausen Hohe Steine submitted by Martin_L on 19th Feb 2009. Central part of the chamber at night (February 2009)
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Log Text: This site is excellently presented. A recent information board is at some distance, so not interfereing with the pleasing ambience. Also, a nice picnic bench is provided and some small car parking space.