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Bonstorf Graeberfeld
Date Added: 23rd May 2021
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 23rd May 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bonstorf Graeberfeld submitted by Maddy on 4th Oct 2006. Partially excavated cairn/barrow field (Grabhuegelfeld) a few km's from Bergen/Belsen.
July 2006
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Log Text: There are some very well preserved tumuli here. An information board also provides further information. The signage is also good, only the way to the site is rather difficult; so you should either walk a little longer or bring a good car.
Borbarg Turmhuegelburg
Date Added: 13th May 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2021. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Borbarg Turmhuegelburg submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 13th May 2021. There is an information board next to the road in German language near the former 'Motte'.
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Log Text: Only accessible during longer dry seasons due to the swampy terrain.
Borger Round Barrow
Date Added: 21st Jan 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Borger Round Barrow submitted by croppy on 5th Jul 2008. Round Barrow near Borger
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Log Text: Just off the road, you can't miss this amazingly well-preserved tumulus!
Bork Vikingehavn
Date Added: 5th Jun 2025
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Bork Vikingehavn submitted by Boeddel on 25th Apr 2016. Bork Vikingehavn.
Picture by Bøddel / October 2010
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Log Text: A wonderful and lovingly furnished open-air museum. Guided activities for the whole family. Knowledge transfer of the highest quality.
Bornsen Steingrab 1
Date Added: 27th Feb 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bornsen Steingrab 1 submitted by peterpf on 23rd Jul 2006. Severel capstones are still in place.
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Log Text: This beautiful megalithic tomb is located south of Bornsen in a field! Here, too, only come to visit before the start of sowing!
Bornsen 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 4
Bornsen Steingrab 2 submitted by johnstone on 26th Oct 2020. Three capstones in a row, there should be four, Sep.1, 2020
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Log Text: On the northern edge of Bornsen you will find this megalithic tomb in the middle of a residential area.
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.
Borum Eshøj
Date Added: 4th Jun 2025
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Borum Eshøj submitted by Tonnox on 7th Apr 2021. Borum Eshøj. Burial mound.
The three graves found in Borum Eshøj is the best preserved oak chests in Denmark. About 1871 the barrow was excavated and three oak coffins was discovered containing an old woman, an young man and a old man. The oak chests is dated to about 1350 BC. During the excavation most of the soil was removed. The original size was 7 x 40 meter. Now 3 meter steel strips mark the original circumference. It has been one of Denmark´s largest burial mounds. Three other burial...
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Log Text: The finds in these burial mounds can be admired in the National Museum in Copenhagen. A Bronze Age house has now been built right next to the burial mounds.
Brake Huegelgrab
Date Added: 1st Jun 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Brake Huegelgrab submitted by holger_rix on 18th Apr 2010. Round Barrow near Steddorf / Flachsberg...
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Log Text: A tumulus which is very nice to look at; but there is no direct path to it, so that you can only see it up close between autumn and spring.
Bremervoerde Bachmann Museum
Date Added: 14th Nov 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2021. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Bremervoerde Bachmann Museum submitted by Andreas on 9th Mar 2011. Some impressions of Bachmann-Museum:
Left above: View to a part of the building. The museum has its home (partly) in the remains of a former castle (origins from the early 12th century).
Right above: Cup marked stone, possibly from the wider neighbourhood of Bremervörde. It's situated near the museum's entrance.
Left below: Bog body, shown in the museum. It was found in 1934 at Oste-Schwinge-Kanal. The dead was probably between 30 and 35 years old. It's said to be neolithic or ...
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Log Text: Nice museum that also contains many reconstructions, but explains it in great detail and, above all, clearly indicates and dates the origin of the finds.
Bremervoerde Huegelgrab Plietenberg
Date Added: 13th May 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bremervoerde Huegelgrab Plietenberg submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 13th May 2021. According to Dr. Tempel the tumulus is 21 meters wide and 1.6 meters high.
Professional excavations have not yet taken place. However, in 1858, the geometer Kropp determined that a stone circle runs on the tumulus, which is bisected by a 58 cm wide stone pavement. Nothing comparable is known so far.
Sources of information:
- Tempel, Wolf-Dieter (1999): Auf ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Spuren durch den Landkreis Rotenburg, Wegweiser zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte Niedersachsen - Heft 22, O...
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Log Text: The tumulus can be reached quite easily on foot. It is the largest in this forest and easily recognizable.
Bremervoerde Steinkiste
Date Added: 30th Mar 2021
Site Type: Cist
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bremervoerde Steinkiste submitted by Andreas on 10th Jul 2009. Bremervörde Steinkiste
(originally located at Farven)
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Log Text: The cist is right behind the local museum of local history. An information board right next to it provides information about the history of the cist.
Bronzezeitliche Grabhügelgruppe Liebenau
Date Added: 2nd Dec 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 27th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Bronzezeitliche Grabhügelgruppe Liebenau submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 2nd Dec 2022. This information board is located right next to the passable path.
November 27, 2022
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Log Text: Unfortunately extremely overgrown. However, there is a very good information sign nearby so that the tumuli can still be discovered in the forest despite their low height.
Browne’s Hill
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Carlow)
Visited: Would like to visit
Browne’s Hill submitted by ainsloch on 23rd Dec 2016. The immense Brownshill dolmen on a very chilly winter solstice evening
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Bruneforths Esch Huenengrab 1
Date Added: 30th Apr 2022
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bruneforths Esch Huenengrab 1 submitted by Martin_L on 16th Mar 2009. Standing beside chamber's eastern end looking West (April 2008)
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Log Text: Fairly well preserved and with massive megaliths. Wonderful visit which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Bruneforths Esch Huenengrab 2
Date Added: 30th Apr 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bruneforths Esch Huenengrab 2 submitted by holger_rix on 29th Dec 2012. Bruneforths Esch Huenengrab 2
August 2012
Hidden in the bushes..
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Log Text: Unfortunately not particularly well preserved, but easily accessible by car.
Buckelgräberfeld von Boltersen
Date Added: 11th Jun 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Buckelgräberfeld von Boltersen submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on 11th Jun 2023. June 3, 2023
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Log Text: Wonderful area with heather plants on the small graves.
Bunsoh Megalithgrab mit Schalenstein
Date Added: 28th Aug 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bunsoh Megalithgrab mit Schalenstein submitted by Martin_L on 21st Sep 2017. Well preserved and partly exposed neolithic passage grave. The barrow has been partly opened/re-used in bronze age. One capstones shows remarkable bronze age rock-art [August 2017]
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Log Text: A really impressive tomb. The cup stone shows how many centuries it must have been in use (from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age and maybe even the Iron Age).
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."
Byhusen Huegelgrab 1
Date Added: 6th May 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Byhusen Huegelgrab 1 submitted by holger_rix on 19th Aug 2007. Byhusen Huegelgrab 1
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Log Text: Unfortunately extremely badly damaged. I hope for a restoration and will report if this has taken place.