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Ulmekärr Labyrinth
Date Added: 30th Aug 2023
Site Type: Turf Maze
Country: Sweden (Bohuslän)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ulmekärr Labyrinth submitted by LeGuMa on 25th Sep 2017. Site in Bohuslän Sweden
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Log Text: Beautiful (possibly prehistoric) maze.
Spellemannshaugen
Date Added: 28th Aug 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Norway (Vestfold)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Spellemannshaugen submitted by kenntha88 on 29th Sep 2017. Spellemannshaugen
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Log Text: Luckily managed to get to the tumulus during the Midgardsblot festival as the farmer had just harvested the field. Stands apart from the larger burial ground and is also of considerable size.
Borrehaugene
Date Added: 28th Aug 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Norway (Vestfold)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Borrehaugene submitted by kenntha88 on 11th Aug 2012. Site in Vestfold Norway
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Log Text: Great burial ground with very large tumuli from the Iron Age to the Viking Age. I definitely recommend a visit to everyone.
Gokstadhaugen
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Norway
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Gokstadhaugen submitted by kenntha88 on 7th Sep 2012.
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Log Text: The tumulus is really gigantic and in its symmetrical form one of the most beautiful I have seen so far.
Oseberg mound
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Norway (Vestfold)
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Oseberg mound submitted by kenntha88 on 30th Sep 2012.
Site in Vestfold Norway
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Log Text: Today, a small exploratory path with many information boards on the tumulus and its history and excavation of the ship leads to the Oseberghaugen.
Søgne Runestone
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Carving
Country: Norway (Vest-Agder)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Søgne Runestone submitted by kenntha88 on 15th Oct 2014. Site in Vest-Agder Norway
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Log Text: My first runestone I saw in Norway. The ambience around it is also worth the visit!
Tangvall cist
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Cist
Country: Norway (Vest-Agder)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tangvall cist submitted by kenntha88 on 9th Oct 2014. Tangvall cist
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Log Text: Beautifully restored stone cist. However, an explanatory panel is definitely missing in this case. But otherwise wonderful.
Galteland Runestone and Verksmoen Barrow Cemetery
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Carving
Country: Norway (Aust-Agder)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Galteland Runestone and Verksmoen Barrow Cemetery submitted by kenntha88 on 2nd Nov 2014. Site in Aust-Agder Norway
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Log Text: Beautiful replica of the original was built on the original site. Behind is a large tumulus.
Tornby Runddysse
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Nordjylland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Tornby Runddysse submitted by datpa on 4th Feb 2008. Dolmen in North Jutland (Nordjylland)
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Log Text: Picturesque and simply magically beautiful, this dolmen is also the most northerly in Denmark. Parking is available near the grave and it is well signposted.
Sønderholm Troldkirken Langdysse
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Nordjylland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sønderholm Troldkirken Langdysse submitted by Martin_L on 5th Dec 2019. April 1992: The chamber is situated some meters northeast of barrow's centre. It is a hexagonal dolmen chamber with short passage (Typ IV) covered by an enormous capstone.
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Log Text: Definitely one of the most beautiful megalithic tombs I have visited so far. Definitely worth the trip and easy to navigate too.
Stenstuen Mjels
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Nordjylland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Stenstuen Mjels submitted by Martin_L on 20th Feb 2009. Site in North Jutland (Nordjylland)
From the South. Chamber entrance. Foreground: a partly overgrown passage orthostat is visible (April 1991)
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Log Text: Quite overgrown by now, but still clearly recognizable.
Hünengrab Wechte (1)
Date Added: 31st Jul 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hünengrab Wechte (1) submitted by stollentroll on 3rd Nov 2007. Tomb Wechte 1.
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Log Text: Beautifully preserved grave that still exists despite the nearby residential area.
Steinhuegelgrab Wechte
Date Added: 31st Jul 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Steinhuegelgrab Wechte submitted by Martin_L on 21st May 2009. The moved early bronze age cairn viewed from the North (April 2009).
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Log Text: Unfortunately, it is now overgrown. This place+the information board would urgently need some maintenance.
Hexenküche
Date Added: 31st Jul 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hexenküche submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 31st Jul 2023. June 30, 2023
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Log Text: Wonderful natural rock formations about which there are many local legends related to witches.
Sachsenhof Greven-Pentrup
Date Added: 31st Jul 2023
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Sachsenhof Greven-Pentrup submitted by Creative Commons on 23rd Feb 2020. The Sachsenhof Greven-Pentrup is an open air museum in Greven (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is the reconstruction of a Saxon farm (ca. 8th century), which was found in Münster-Gittrup.
Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA
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Log Text: It has no opening hours, but is open to the public at all times, provided that the given rules are followed. Nice gem!
Düwelsteene
Date Added: 31st Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Düwelsteene submitted by croppy on 15th Jul 2008. Düwelsteene
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Log Text: I was finally able to visit this site. It is beautifully arranged and was a real magical experience to visit!
Wodanstein in Lanzenhagen
Date Added: 31st Jul 2023
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wodanstein in Lanzenhagen submitted by Harald_Platta on 7th Oct 2015. The Wodanstein is a granite boulder in Raesfeld (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is supposed to mark an ancient pagan sanctuary.
View from the south-west.
© Platta 2015
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Log Text: I was particularly surprised that the information plate is in such good condition and showed no signs of vandalism or natural decay. The place is better to reach after rain only in rubber boots (no direct way, but you can see the information board from the street).
Hekese Grab A
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hekese Grab A submitted by Martin_L on 26th May 2010. Overview from the NW. Another visitor visible on the benches beside chambers' SE end. The main megaliths used for construction of this massive chamber are preserved, but it largely collapsed due to historic destruction attempts.
Orthostats:
NW=chamber endstone
SW and NE = long side orthostats
Capstones = C
Numberings start in the NW.
May 2010
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Log Text: Located directly on the road, these two megalithic tombs and the remaining row of stones are really easy to reach.
Hekese Grab B
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hekese Grab B submitted by RunaStera on 25th Jun 2005. Hunebed #883 - Hekese Grave B - the inner wisth of the chamber is 19m x max. 3.5m. Special to this grave is, that it is linked by a 53m long stone-row (alignement) to Hekese Grave A (#884).
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Log Text: Both megalithic tombs are really wonderfully well preserved except for the missing tumulus.
Hekese Steinsetzung
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hekese Steinsetzung submitted by Martin_L on 15th Aug 2010. Oblique aerial showing the better preserved southern part of the setting and the southern Hekese chamber in the background. June 2010
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Log Text: Due to the row of stones, which is rather rare in Germany, both large megalithic tombs are really something special! Absolute visit recommendation!