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Eyendorf Steingrab 2
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Eyendorf Steingrab 2 submitted by stollentroll on 4th Dec 2006. The destroyed chambered tomb Eyendorf (2)
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Log Text: Also as with No. 3 only visible in traces (but still more present).
Eyendorf Steingrab 1
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eyendorf Steingrab 1 submitted by stollentroll on 4th Dec 2006. Chambered tomb Eyendorf (1)
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Log Text: Beautifully located in the middle of a field with a wide view.
Oldendorf Archaeologisches Museum
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Oldendorf Archaeologisches Museum submitted by holger_rix on 28th May 2009. A small but very nice museum in Oldendorf.
Illustrates the history of the barrows of the near 'Totenstatt'.
Don't miss it when you visit Oldendorf...
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Log Text: Small but fine museum that mainly is about the local finds from Oldendorf (Luhe).
Trojaburg Schneverdingen
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Turf Maze
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trojaburg Schneverdingen submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 24th Oct 2021. October 24, 2021
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Log Text: A Trojaburg in the forest. It is located on an adventure/science trail of the theme "Forest".
Niederhaverbeck Fuerstengrab
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Niederhaverbeck Fuerstengrab submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 24th Oct 2021. There is a information-stone at the foot of the tumulus.
October 24, 2021
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Log Text: According to information from local people, this tumulus dates from the Neolithic Age (not the Bronze Age!). It is quite easy to reach on foot and there is a beautiful viewing platform next to it.
Rolfsen Steinkiste
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Cist
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rolfsen Steinkiste submitted by Martin_L on 11th Jun 2010. The well preserved (except for the capstone) chamber inside the partly restored cairn. Diameter approx 14m. It is rather overgrown nowadays (compare picture from 1991), the kerb-stones are hardly visible. June 2010
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Log Text: Easy to reach. However, the cist is signposted as a dolmen.
Raven Steingrab 1
Date Added: 24th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Raven Steingrab 1 submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. Oblique aerial from the SE. Chamber measuring approx. 7m x 2,5m. Enclosure approx. 18m by 7m. Abused as a quarry in historic times, but especially the chamber still is partly well preserved while most enclosure stones are fallen or slightly moved and partly covered by the eroded earthwork. June 2010
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Log Text: Wonderful megalithic tomb in the middle of a little forest.
Neerstedt Hexenstein
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Neerstedt Hexenstein submitted by Martin_L on 20th Mar 2010. Close-up from the East. The surface shows at least 20 (I assume there were several more) weathered cup-marks from the Neolithic or Bronze age. Size and depth varying. 4 cupmarks are in a square-like arrangement. “Hexenstein” means “Stone of the Witch” / “Witch's Stone”. March 2010
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Log Text: Easy to get to and a wonderfully preserved cup stone.
Hatten Steingrab 2
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Hatten Steingrab 2 submitted by stollentroll on 15th Sep 2006. chambered tomb Sandhatten 2
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Log Text: Somewhat well-preserved megalithic grave that can be easily reached on foot, as the last few meters of the road are very muddy.
Hatten Steingrab 1
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hatten Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix on 29th Apr 2011. Hatten Steingrab 1
April 2011
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Log Text: Megalithic grave, which is right in the middle of the place on a meadow.
Döhlen Furchenstein
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Döhlen Furchenstein submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Jun 2008. Site in Lower Saxony, Germany: Perhaps a German polisoir. Said to date to between 2000 and 1000 BCE.
It was found near the village, but is now placed in a traffic island near a large rock monument of the war of 1870.
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Log Text: The stone is located right next to a large memorial for the 1200 year celebration of the village of Döhlen. Impossible to miss.
Bakenhus Steingrab
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bakenhus Steingrab submitted by stollentroll on 20th Jul 2006. chambered tomb Bakenhus, Großenkneten
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Log Text: Unfortunately completely overgrown during my visit. Otherwise the sight should be really nice.
Suedsiedlung Ahlhorn Steingrab
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Suedsiedlung Ahlhorn Steingrab submitted by Martin_L on 23rd Feb 2010. View along the southern long-side of the neolithic long barrow. Background right: one kerbstone of the northern long-side. The flat sides of the erratic boulders used as kerb-stones face towards barrows outside (as usual at funnel beaker sites). February 2010
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Log Text: Unfortunately not very well preserved over the centuries, but the megalithic grave can still be recognized very well. Definitely worth the journey!
Visbek Brautwagen
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 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 'bride's carriage' is, despite its smaller size than the 'bridegroom', an impressive megalitic grave.
Visbeker Bräutigam
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Visbeker Bräutigam submitted by Martin_L on 12th Feb 2009. Barrows eastern end. View W. Staff for scaling reasons measuring 1m.
The 2 kerbstones foreground right are fallen (February 2009)
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Log Text: Gigantic. Here you can see the highest megalithic culture. I stayed there for a good hour and couldn't stop being amazed.
Visbek Steingrab 1
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Visbek Steingrab 1 submitted by madcat on 27th Apr 2006. This grave is part of the ensemble of megaliths around the Visbeker Brautigum (bridegroom). It lies very close to the busy A1 highway.
Interestingly, the chamber seems to have been enlarged after it was built.
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Log Text: Wonderful megalithic tomb right in the near of the so-called 'Bräutigam'.
Visbek Steingrab 3
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 3 submitted by Martin_L on 16th Feb 2009. From the east (March 2008)
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Log Text: One of two smaller megalithic tombs near the 'Bräutigam'.
Visbek Steingrab 2
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 2 submitted by Klingon on 14th Jan 2005. Hünengrab 935 Visbek (Hunbed 935 Visbek)
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Log Text: One of two smaller megalithic tombs near the 'Bräutigam'.
Ahlhorner Kellersteine Ost
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ahlhorner Kellersteine Ost submitted by Martin_L on 19th Jan 2009. Looking towards east (April 2008).
The westernmost capstone is missing, the central capstone is blown into 2 pieces. Trapezoid chamber, partly filled with earth. Clear size 6m x 2,5m-2m.
Reference: Sprockhoff/Schwieger in Sprockhoff E., Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands - Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 133
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Log Text: Despite the destroyed stone, this megalithic tomb exudes incredible beauty. Therefore I give the ambience a 5 here.
Ahlhorner Kellersteine West
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ahlhorner Kellersteine West submitted by Martin_L on 12th Jan 2010. Site viewed from the NNW. Capstones visible in this picture:
No. 1 (counting from West) is blown into 1 large and 2 small fragments (the latter not visible in this picture) an partly collapsed into the chamber.
No. 2: is one of the largest capstones in this area, measuring approximately 4,1m x 2,6m x 1,8m. It is still resting on its orthostats, but not in situ. April 2008
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Log Text: Impressively well-preserved megalithic grave.