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Poppostein Steinkammergrab
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Poppostein Steinkammergrab submitted by Krautrock on 11th Apr 2009. Sunrise at the Poppostein . Happy Easter all Megalithic User ! April 2009 .
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Log Text: A truly magical place despite being in a field. Easily accessible through a nearby car parking area.
Huesby Dolmen
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Huesby Dolmen submitted by holger_rix on 27th Nov 2007. The Dolmen of Huesby has been excavated from a Round Barrow not far from the village.
The barrow has been used by several generations, and was surrounded by 3 rings of stones.
The capstone is not original. The original has been brought to the museum of Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig.
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Log Text: Located at the entrance to the town, the surroundings are not that nice. But in pretty good condition and reconstructed.
Loose Dolmen
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Loose Dolmen submitted by holger_rix on 28th Aug 2007. A beautiful Dolmen on the Schwansen peninsula.
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Log Text: Wonderful dolmen right on a field. Be careful when crossing the street to it!
Goosefeld Steingrab 1
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Goosefeld Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix on 12th Aug 2007. Some new Pictures...
This place looks like someone takes care for it...
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Log Text: On my way back home, I was able to head for this megalithic tomb. Although the capstones are missing, it is still a small, beautiful grave next to the road.
Busdorf Skarthi Runenstein
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Busdorf Skarthi Runenstein submitted by holger_rix on 15th Jan 2013. The 'Skarthi' Runestone of Busdorf
It has been found here right at the foot of the Round Barrow.
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Log Text: The rune stones that stand in the wild around Haithabu are reconstructions. The originals are protected in the Viking Museum in Haithabu. Translated, the text of this one means: "King Sven placed this stone after (in memory of) Skarthe, his follower, who had gone west (England), but now fell near Haithabu."
Haddeby Erik Runenstein
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Haddeby Erik Runenstein submitted by sba_dk on 3rd Apr 2022. The text is: Thorulf, hirdmand hos Sven, rejste denne sten efter sin fælle Erik, som fandt døden, da drenge (krigere) sad om Hedeby, og han var styresmand, en meget velbyrdig dreng. (In my translation: Thorulf, guard for Sven, set this stone for his friend Erik, who were killed when boys (warriors) fought at Hedeby, and he was the leader, a very honourable boy.
Note: This is a replica. The original stone can be seen at Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf
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Log Text: The rune stones that stand in the wild around Haithabu are reconstructions. The originals are protected in the Viking Museum in Haithabu. Translated, the text of this one means: "Thorolf, Sven's henchman, erected this stone after (in memory of) his comrade Erik, who died when the warriors besieged Haithabu, and he was a helmsman, a well-born warrior."
Haddeby Sigtrygg Runenstein
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Haddeby Sigtrygg Runenstein submitted by Flickr on 3rd Jan 2016. Der große Sigtryggstein An der Furt zwischen dem Haddebyer und dem Selker Noor. Seine Inschrift ist in schwedischen Runen geritzt und lautet: Asfrid machte dieses Denkmal nach (zum Gedenken an) Sigtrygg, ihren und Knubas Sohn. Image copyright: MKI.2 (Kathleen & Ingmar), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: The rune stones that stand in the wild around Haithabu are reconstructions. The originals are protected in the Viking Museum in Haithabu. Translated the text of this one means: "Asfrid made this monument after (in memory of) Sigtrygg, her and Knuba's son."
Floegeln Grabhuegelgruppe (Floegeln 3)
Date Added: 19th Mar 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Floegeln Grabhuegelgruppe (Floegeln 3) submitted by Harald_Platta on 7th Sep 2015. The western round barrow of the Floegeln Grabhügelgruppe (Floegeln 3) in Geestland (Lower Saxony, Germany). July 2015.
© Platta 2015
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Log Text: Worth a trip for every tumuli enthusiast! they stand out clearly from the forest floor and are really beautiful to look at together with the prehistory trail!
Wanna Steingrab (12)
Date Added: 19th Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Wanna Steingrab (12) submitted by Martin_L on 11th Jan 2008. Looking towards south [Dec. 2007].
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Log Text: To megalithic tomb no. 12 of Wanna you have to walk a bit over a meadow. Otherwise access is easy.
Wanna Steingrab (9)
Date Added: 19th Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Wanna Steingrab (9) submitted by holger_rix on 4th Mar 2009. Last remains.
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Log Text: Unfortunately mostly destroyed. However, the remains are still easy to find in the wood.
Wanna Steingrab (8)
Date Added: 19th Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Wanna Steingrab (8) submitted by Martin_L on 19th Feb 2009. From the SE. The site is quite overgrown. Three partly covered and moved stones are visible within a flat barrow (December 2007)
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Log Text: Also heavily damaged, but just like no. 9 still easily recognizable in the wood.
Grabhügelgruppe Am Hohen Kopf
Date Added: 19th Mar 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Grabhügelgruppe Am Hohen Kopf submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 19th Mar 2022. March 19, 2022
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Log Text: Mostly destroyed, these rather small tumuli can still be seen despite the heavy vegetation and destruction.
Bederkesa Steinring
Date Added: 13th Mar 2022
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bederkesa Steinring submitted by Harald_Platta on 29th Jan 2015. Several erratic blocks at Bederkesa Castle.
Some of the stones exhibit anthropogenic furrows.
© Platta 2014
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Log Text: Very nice circle of stones made from stones which were found during the reconstruction work of Bederkesa Castle.
Museum Burg Bederkesa
Date Added: 13th Mar 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Museum Burg Bederkesa submitted by Martin_L on 20th Apr 2010. Burg Bederkesa - Home of an excellent museum. A great collection of findings from the nearby prehistoric sites is presented here. At the beginning you will watch a film explaining the sites and showing the excavations of several of the exhibited pieces. 2008
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Log Text: Wonderful museum with a large number of exhibits from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages from the region of the Cuxhaven district!
Alfstedt Ringwall
Date Added: 6th Mar 2022
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Alfstedt Ringwall submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 6th Mar 2022. Although the circular rampart is no longer very high, it can be seen clearly in the forest.
March 6, 2022
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Log Text: The circular rampart is badly damaged by the heavy vegetation. However, the former rampart still stands out clearly from the forest floor and can easily be seen when approaching the coordinates in the forest.
Schadewohl Steingrab 1
Date Added: 27th Feb 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Schadewohl Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix on 25th Oct 2009.
South of Schadewohl, west of Kerstenberg, near a hill called
'Spitzen Berg' are the remains of three megalithic tombs.
Tomb No. 1 is located 60m NW of a small way leading out of
Schadewohl. There is a small lengthy bush, the place has been
used as a dump.
Schadewohl 1 (or Tomb 37 according to the official book
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark') was an Extended Dolmen
with six pairs of uprights on the long sides, and a single
stone on the short.
Four capstones are sti...
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Log Text: Very overgrown now, but still clearly recognizable.
Schadewohl Steingrab 2
Date Added: 27th Feb 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Schadewohl Steingrab 2 submitted by holger_rix on 25th Oct 2009. South of Schadewohl, west of Kerstenberg, near a hill called
'Spitzen Berg' are the remains of three megalithic tombs.
Tomb No. 2 is located just 100m west of the easily spotted
hilltop. Same as tomb No. 3, you can only reach
it if you can walk over the fields.
Schadewohl 2 (or Tomb 38 according to the official book
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark') is an Extended Dolmen
with four pairs of uprights on the long sides, and a single
stone on the short. Chamber size 5.7m x 1....
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Log Text: Wonderfully preserved, albeit very overgrown. Located in the middle of a field and should be visited before sowing (no direct route).
Schadewohl Steingrab 3
Date Added: 27th Feb 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Schadewohl Steingrab 3 submitted by holger_rix on 25th Oct 2009. Schadewohl 3 from the distance on a slightly misty October morning. Coming closer from the north.
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Log Text: Rather small and secluded. Visit only before sowing, as there is no direct route here either.
Diesdorf Steingrab 1
Date Added: 27th Feb 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Diesdorf Steingrab 1 submitted by peterpf on 23rd Jul 2006. A closer view.
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Log Text: Located directly southwest of Diesdorf. Can be easily reached via a narrow path.
Molmke Steingrab
Date Added: 27th Feb 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Molmke Steingrab submitted by holger_rix on 30th Oct 2009. 1.4km west of the small village Molmke, south of Diesdorf, not far from Diesdorf Steingrab 3, there is another typical 'Altmark Grossdolmen' with enclosure.
And same as the other barrows in the area, the enclosure has two oversized guardian stones in the corners of the south-east end.
Unfortunately the NW part of the enclosure is missing.
Thats exactly where the comparative well preserved chamber is located.
There is something unusual about this chamber.
It has a trapezoid shape, ...
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Log Text: Like many in this region, this megalithic tomb lies directly on a field. You should therefore arrive before the start of sowing. Ideally in late autumn and winter.