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Niederdollendorfer Bilderstein
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2015
Niederdollendorfer Bilderstein submitted by Harald_Platta on 6th May 2015. The Niederdollendorfer Bilderstein was found in Königswinter (North Rhine-Westphalia) in a Frankish cemetery of the 6th or 7th century AD.
The front side most likely shows a Germanic warrior. His left hand is lying on the Franconian short sword, while he holds a comb in his right hand. He wears a long-sleeved pant-like garment. Near his his right leg a canteen is
shown. The right hand and the left shoulder are touched by a two-headed snake, while a similar animal with opened mouth is s...
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Natrop Barrow Cemetery and giant Keyhole-Grave VII
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2015
Natrop Barrow Cemetery and giant Keyhole-Grave VII submitted by Harald_Platta on 10th May 2015. The image depicts the site map of the Keyhole-Grave VII of the cemetery Natrop in Datteln (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). This Bronze Age grave measured 72 m in length and was 27 m broad. It was surrounded by three trenches. The central burial pit measured 2.80 x 1.10 m and contained traces of a wooden coffin an cremated human remains. It has been speculated that this grave is the archetype of the keyhole-shaped graves.
Another, smaller keyhole grave is lying alligned to Keyhole-Grave V...
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Gräberfeld Röllinghausen
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2015
Gräberfeld Röllinghausen submitted by harald_platta on 16th May 2015. Site map of the cemetery Röllinghausen in Recklinghausen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), which dates from the Late Bronze Age. The trenches surrounding the long barrows and round barrows are marked. Big dots represent post-holes, while smaller dots indicate the burial sites.
Image scanned from the book „Brandt, K.: Bilderbuch zur Ruhrländischen Urgeschichte Teil II (1954)“.
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Wedau
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2015
Wedau submitted by Harald_Platta on 19th May 2015. Round barrow of the Wedau cemetery in Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The barrow can be found in the modern cemetery Friedhof Sternbuschweg. It is one of the last visible round barrows of the Bronze Age cemetery Wedau. To date, around 1300 round barrows have been described. Moreover, it is speculated, that the entire cemetery might have consisted of 6000 round barrows.
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Gräberfeld Strünkede
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 23rd May 2015
Gräberfeld Strünkede submitted by Harald_Platta on 23rd May 2015. Decorated urn found at Strünkede cemetery. It stems from the Bronze Age (ca. 1200 BC) and contained cremated human remains as well as a smaller vessel. This smaller vessel might have contained perishable grave goods like food.
Then urn can be seen in the Emschertal Museum Herne.
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Albaxen Cairn
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2015
Albaxen Cairn submitted by Harald_Platta on 24th May 2015. Opened cairn shown in the LWL-Museum für Archäologie in Herne. The cairn was found in Höxter-Albaxen and contained a flexed skeleton.
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Schwanenmarkt Brunnen
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2015
Schwanenmarkt Brunnen submitted by Harald_Platta on 26th May 2015. Historical postcard. It displays the well monument of the Schwanenmarkt Brunnen, which was located in a small park. The well and also the park have been destroyed in World War II. Today, this site lies under the driving surface of a street.
Picture taken from the press release:
"Gruß aus Bochum: Der Ursprung des Schwanenmarkts." from the news portal RuhrNachrichten.de.
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Blenne Quelle
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2015
Blenne Quelle submitted by Harald_Platta on 31st May 2015. The well of the stream formerly known as Blenne (now called Kirchharpener Bach) is believed to have been part of a Germanic sanctuary dedicated to Wodan.
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Hilgenpüttgen
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2015
Hilgenpüttgen submitted by Harald_Platta on 31st May 2015. The Hilgenpüttgen is a supposed holy well near Stiepeler Dorfkirche in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
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Gräberfeld von Ense-Bremen
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2015
Gräberfeld von Ense-Bremen submitted by Harald_Platta on 5th Jun 2015. The most striking discovery made at the cemetery Ense-Bremen was a grave from the Merovingian period (ca. 500 – 750 AC). It was 20m long and consisted of two round enclosures that were interconnected. Therefore, the complex had the shape of an „8“ or, alternatively, of the eternity symbol.
Photo: LWL/Beck
from the online LWL news article:
"LWL Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit: Grab in Form einer acht gefunden – LWL Archäologe: „Mittlere Sensation“. In: Presse Infos...
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Berghofer Wald Huegelgrab 1
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2015
Berghofer Wald Huegelgrab 1 submitted by Harald_Platta on 6th Jun 2015. Berghofer Wald Huegelgrab 1 was a round barrow in Schwerte (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It was surrounded by a stone circle and contained a stone packing (Steinpackung) in its interior. On these stones, cremated human remains were found.
The barrow was destroyed in 1976.
Photo taken of an reconstruction drawing displayed on an information panel at the Ruhrtalmuseum Schwerte.
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Grabhügel Grävingholz (Ergste)
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2015
Grabhügel Grävingholz (Ergste) submitted by Harald_Platta on 12th Jun 2015. The Big Grävingholz Barrow in Schwerte (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). A memorial stone was placed on its top with information about the excavation of the barrow in 1935. The round barrow still measures 9-10m and is 1m high.
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Großsteingrab im Sandheck
Date Added: 19th May 2016
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Großsteingrab im Sandheck submitted by Harald_Platta on 2nd Oct 2015. The rediscovered stones from the chambered tomb Im Sandheck were reused as decoration for the war memorial in Reken (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Stones in the north-western corner of the memorial site.
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Hattingen Neolithic Settlements
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2015
Hattingen Neolithic Settlements submitted by Harald_Platta on 25th Jun 2015. A collection of stone tools found in Hattingen and near surroundings is displayed in the Stadtmuseum Hattingen.
These finding indicate the former existence of several Neolithic settlements.
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Gräberfeld Vreden
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2015
Gräberfeld Vreden submitted by Harald_Platta on 5th Jul 2015. Excavation of a part of the Bronze Age and Iron Age cemetery in Vreden (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), which lies beneath a modern cemetery.
The trenches of the graves can be recognised by their darker colour.
This photo was part of the following press release:
Tafertshofer, F. & Sager, J.: 3.000 Jahre alte Gräber auf Friedhof in Vreden: Fehlende Urnen und die Axt im Frauengrab. Aktuelle Funde ab
September in der Landesausstellung in Herne. In: LWL-Presse und
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Wallburg Weilenscheid
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2015
Wallburg Weilenscheid submitted by Creative Commons on 6th Jul 2015. Reconstruction of Weilenscheid hillfort.
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Mars-Camulus-Stein
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2015
Mars-Camulus-Stein submitted by Harald_Platta on 11th Jul 2015. The Mars-Camulus-Stein is a former Gallo-Roman altar, which is now used as a Christian altar.
The depicted side of the stone displays a bay tree.
This photo was taken of a replica shown during the special exhibition „Werdendes Ruhrgebiet“ in the Ruhr Museum Essen.
The original stone can be seen in the St. Willibrord church in Rindern.
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Bottrop Galgenberg
Date Added: 18th Aug 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bottrop Galgenberg submitted by Andreas on 30th Mar 2010. view approximately from the South
(March 2010)
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Pater und Nonne
Date Added: 25th Sep 2015
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pater und Nonne submitted by Andreas on 1st Apr 2010. view approximately from the Southwest
(March 2010)
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Holthausen Huegelgraeberfeld
Date Added: 25th Sep 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Holthausen Huegelgraeberfeld submitted by Andreas on 26th Sep 2011. View, approximately from the West, to an overgrown barrow.
(photo from September 2011)
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