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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!
Hekese Grabhügelfeld
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hekese Grabhügelfeld submitted by stollentroll on 17th Nov 2005. Tumulus near the Grosssteingrab Hekese.
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Log Text: This burial ground is located just across the street from the megalithic tombs.
Großsteingrab Dalum
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Großsteingrab Dalum submitted by madcat on 11th Sep 2005. A nice megalithic grave near Dalum. The grave is reasonably preserved.
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Log Text: Despite the moderately good road, it is still easily accessible by car.
Restruper Großsteingrab
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
Restruper Großsteingrab submitted by Martin_L on 4th Apr 2008. Looking east along chamber's northern side. The chamber is halfway filled with earth [April 2008]
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Log Text: Wonderful megalithic tomb, albeit somewhat sunken into the ground.
Restruper Näpfchenstein
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2023
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Restruper Näpfchenstein submitted by Martin_L on 7th Apr 2010. Close-up of the cup-marked erratic boulder. Originally it was discovered some hundred meters from its current location. Nowadays it is presented beside a farm. March 2010
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Log Text: This converted cup-mark stone is in really good condition and is right next to a farm entrance.
Großsteingrab im Alt-Frerener Forst
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Großsteingrab im Alt-Frerener Forst submitted by Martin_L on 13th Feb 2010. Eastern end of the passage-grave. Capstones C10 and C11 are blown to pieces, pictures' center shows Capstone C9, that slipped of its orthostats. Foreground right: a fragment of capstone C10 (Sprockhoff et al.). April 2009
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Log Text: Beautifully located and in good condition. Easily accessible by a short walk.
Huenensteine Thuine
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Huenensteine Thuine submitted by RunaStera on 9th Apr 2004. Großsteingrab in der Kunkenvenne
it is called 1841 A.D. as the most awesome and nicest stonegrave in the Kingdom of Hannover. It has 17 yokes and is 27m long. The grave is build in the typically east-west-direction (235°) with a passage in the south. Very special is, that the oval border circle is doubly.
First excavtions were made by officers of Napoleon I. Some stones lowered but in 1824 A.D. stones brought back in their originally position.
In the stonegrave were found stonehatch...
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Log Text: Due to its shape and size, the gravesite is one of the most beautiful sites I have visited so far. The stone settings are still well preserved.
Langen Steingrab
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2023
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Langen Steingrab submitted by RunaStera on 9th Apr 2004.
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Log Text: Rather difficult to reach and only with precise location identification. A slightly longer walk is necessary.
Mehringer Steine 1
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mehringer Steine 1 submitted by Martin_L on 5th Feb 2010. Site viewed from the East. Remains of a 7 (or 6) capstone megalithic tomb measuring appr. 14m x 3,5m originally with oval enclosure. The latter being completely destroyed except for one kerbstone remaining in the South-east. At least 3 capstones are robbed, another one is damaged by blasting attempts. The remaining capstones collapsed into the chamber. The chamber is partly embedded into the remains of the oval barrow. April 2009
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Log Text: The three megalithic tombs are maintained by the local community and make a wonderful impression despite the nearby road.
Mehringer Steine 2
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mehringer Steine 2 submitted by Martin_L on 5th Feb 2010. South-western half of the chamber. 9 out of 11 eleven capstones are preserved, but often fallen into the chamber as a result of the historic destruction attempts. Drywalling and all other smaller stones as usual robbed. April 2008
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Log Text: The three megalithic tombs are maintained by the local community and make a wonderful impression despite the nearby road.
Mehringer Steine 3
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mehringer Steine 3 submitted by madcat on 12th Sep 2005. The least well preserved of three megalithic graves close to each other.
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Log Text: The three megalithic tombs are maintained by the local community and make a wonderful impression despite the nearby road.
Rillenstein von Tarmstedt
Date Added: 7th Jan 2024
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Rillenstein von Tarmstedt submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 7th Jan 2024. January 3, 2024
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Log Text: I was finally able to visit the stone and also take photos. After all this time.
Everstorfer Forst Nord (1)
Date Added: 29th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Everstorfer Forst Nord (1) submitted by krautrock on 11th Jun 2009. Sprockhoff 304. A destroyed chambered tomb.
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Log Text: Clearly destroyed, however the stones and parts of the tumulus are still present and clearly visible.
Everstorfer Forst Nord (2)
Date Added: 29th May 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Everstorfer Forst Nord (2) submitted by holger_rix on 9th Apr 2008. The second tomb in a row of 8...
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Log Text: Small preserved dolmen. I was surprised and delighted that even the capstone is still so wonderfully intact.
Everstorfer Forst Nord (3)
Date Added: 29th May 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Everstorfer Forst Nord (3) submitted by stollentroll on 3rd Nov 2007. Tomb Everstorfer Forst Nord 3.
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Log Text: The stone setting is wonderfully preserved. The tumulus, however, as good as hardly.
Everstorfer Forst Nord (4)
Date Added: 29th May 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Everstorfer Forst Nord (4) submitted by maddy on 7th Sep 2008. August 2008 - Its not so destroyed you can't see it although getting a picture is easier said than done!
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Log Text: The stones can hardly be made out in the forest, but they are visible and easier to spot because of the tumulus that is still there.
Everstorfer Forst Nord (8)
Date Added: 29th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Everstorfer Forst Nord (8) submitted by holger_rix on 9th Apr 2008. German info: 'Urdolmen unter Bodenniveau mit Deckstein und Einstiegsplatte'
Burial Chamber with (broken) capstone.
Somebody broke the capstone into two pieces. Obviously the split didn't work out as planned, so the smaller part fall into the chamber and was left there. What a pity !
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Log Text: Also a wonderfully well-preserved small dolmen.
Everstorfer Forst Nord (5)
Date Added: 29th May 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Everstorfer Forst Nord (5) submitted by holger_rix on 9th Apr 2008. German info: 'Urdolmen unter Bodenniveau mit Deckstein und Einstiegsplatte'
Burial Chamber with (broken) capstone.
Somebody broke the capstone into two pieces. Obviously the split didn't work out as planned, so the smaller part fall into the chamber and was left there. What a pity !
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Log Text: Heavily disturbed and destroyed megalithic tomb. However, which is very nice, it is still clearly visible and the former chamber can still be made out.