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Hekese Grab B
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2010
Hekese Grab B submitted by Martin_L on 13th May 2010. The massive 9 capstone chamber viewed from the North-West. Length is 21m, the width varies from 4m to 5m. Only one out of twenty-one orthostats is missing. Seven out of nine capstones [1] are preserved, but due to historic destruction attempts (including the removal of all smaller stones and the complete drywalling) the chamber largely collapsed. Only capstone C7 still is resting on its orthostats.
Two other visitors in the background.
[1] according to examination by Sprockhoff et al.
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Huenensteine Thuine
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2010
Huenensteine Thuine submitted by Martin_L on 20th May 2010. Exceptional passage grave with double oval enclosure (only one other example known among the ~1200 remaining megalithic tombs in Germany). The whole ensemble has a lenght of 33m. The width varies from 8m in the East to 6,5m in the West [1].
The chamber measures 27m and had 17 capstones. Only one is lost, but the chamber suffered damage from historic "excavation".
Picture showing a ground plan (virtual reconstruction from the preserved stones) from the info panel.
[1] Reference: Spro...
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Drangstedt Steingrab 3
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2010
Drangstedt Steingrab 3 submitted by Martin_L on 21st May 2010. The western half of the 50m by 6m long-barrow viewed from the North. The location of the pit left from chambers' extraction is marked near the left picture edge. April 2008
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Drangstedt Steingrab 1
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2010
Drangstedt Steingrab 1 submitted by Martin_L on 21st May 2010. From the East: View along the remains of the large chambered and kerbed long-barrow measuring 70m by 7m. All stones are lost, but the remaining earthwork still is 1,5m high. April 2008
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Drangstedt Steingrab 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2010
Drangstedt Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L on 21st May 2010. From the North: panoramic view of the remains of this 90m by 7m kerbed and chambered long-barrow. The small red "+" mark the eastern and the western ends, while the two "V"-marks indicate the two funnel shaped pits where the chamber(s) have been extracted. March 2009
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Hekese Grab A
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2010
Hekese Grab A submitted by Martin_L on 25th May 2010. Overview (looking down from a height of approx. 7m) towards North-west along the 21m x 4,5m chamber A. Some remains of the unusual stone-row connecting chamber A and chamber B are partly visible in the background.
Due to historic destruction attempts including removal of all smaller stones and the dry-walling the capstones largely collapsed into the chamber.
Chamber type unknown, but the lateral entrance was located between the two south-western orthostats of the central capstone C5.
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Mårup Mejdkirke Runddysse
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2010
Mårup Mejdkirke Runddysse submitted by Martin_L on 31st May 2010. Looking towards the entrance of the impressive and exposed dolmen chamber. Dry-walling and the passage capstone are lost. Otherwise it is very well preserved.
(sorry for quality, it is a scan of an old diapositive from 1992)
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Ildbjerg Langdysse
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2010
Ildbjerg Langdysse submitted by Martin_L on 31st May 2010. Scan from old diapositive (sorry for quality) showing the very impressive site from the NE. The capstone of the southern chamber is clearly visible. The northern chamber is to the right of it, but less obvious as the capstone is robbed. As at similar sites the kerb-stones of the narrow sides are significantly larger. June 1992
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Ildbjerg Langdysse
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2010
Ildbjerg Langdysse submitted by Martin_L on 31st May 2010. Scan from old diapositive (sorry for quality) showing the very impressive site from the NE. The capstone of the southern chamber is clearly visible. The northern chamber is to the right of it, but less obvious as the capstone is robbed. As at similar sites the kerb-stones of the narrow sides are significantly larger. June 1992
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Hindmose Langdysse
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2010
Hindmose Langdysse submitted by Martin_L on 1st Jun 2010. The chambered and kerbed long-barrow viewed from the South-east. (Sorry for quality, scan from old diapositive). June 1992
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Tøstrup Runddysse 1
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2010
Tøstrup Runddysse 1 submitted by Martin_L on 1st Jun 2010. Rear of the impressive hexagonal dolmen chamber. Scan from diapositive taken in June 1992.
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Lykkeslund Langdysse 3
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2010
Lykkeslund Langdysse 3 submitted by Martin_L on 3rd Jun 2010. The site viewed from the SW showing the enclosure, the remaining orthostat of Chamber 1 and the well preserved chamber 2 at long barrows' centre. Chamber 3 is partly visible behind it. It is situated at Lykkeslund farm, but access was possible in 1992 (Scan from old photo taken in 1992).
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Lykkeslund Runddysse 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Midtjylland)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2010
Lykkeslund Runddysse 2 submitted by Martin_L on 3rd Jun 2010. The pentagonal dolmen chamber was slightly overgrown in 1992. Foreground: two out of at least 16 kerb-stones. (Scan from old diapositive)
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Bliedersdorf Langbett 4
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2010
Bliedersdorf Langbett 4 submitted by Martin_L on 7th Jun 2010. A 14m by 7m part of the chambered and kerbed long-barrow viewed from above. The chamber measures 5m by 3,5m and is covered by two slightly moved capstones. A part of the NE-longside enclosure is visible. While the earthwork is largely eroded most kerb-stones are preserved. June 2010
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Raven Steingrab 1
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2010
Raven Steingrab 1 submitted by Martin_L on 11th Jun 2010. Overview from the NE. 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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Soderstorf Graeberfeld
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2010
Soderstorf Graeberfeld submitted by Martin_L on 11th Jun 2010. Excavated small round barrow viewed from above. Earthwork removed, kerb-stones exposed. Very small cist at centre. Another burial visible above right: small cist without capstone. June 2010
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Soderstorf Steingrab
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2010
Soderstorf Steingrab submitted by Martin_L on 11th Jun 2010. The passage-grave viewed from above. The 8m long chamber is well preserved except for the intermediate stones and parts of the dry-walling, that filled in the gaps between orthostats and capstones. June 2010
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Hammah Steingrab 1
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2010
Hammah Steingrab 1 submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. Aerial view from the South-west. The barrow containing the chamber was overgrown by moorland like several other sites in this area and first discovered in the early 20th century. Hence the site survived the 19th century when approximately 90% of the megalithic monuments where completely destroyed. The tomb was excavated by K.H. Jacob-(Friesen). According to his research the chamber measures 6m by 3,5m (clear: 4,5m by 1,5m -2m). The stone marked “E” in this picture probably was the entranc...
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Hammah Steingrab 2
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2010
Hammah Steingrab 2 submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. The site viewed from the NE. The capstones are robbed except for one fragment damaged by blasting attempts. Otherwise this certainly is one of the best preserved chambers among the several hundred megalithic sites known in Lower-Saxony. Clear size of the approx E-W oriented chamber is 6m by 1,5m. It is situated inside significant remains of the earthwork, a nearly round barrow (diameter 20m). The ambience is magnificent except for plenty of ticks and mosquitos in spring and summer.
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Ohrensen Steingrab
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2010
Ohrensen Steingrab submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2010. Looking along the southern long-side (from a height of approx. 6m). The two “x” mark the ends of the remains of this large chambered and kerbed long-barrow measuring 48m by 7m . The chamber was located near the centre (marked with “C”).
To get an impression how the site originally looked compare with similar sites in Germany and Denmark in better condition. For example: Kleinenkneter Steine , Karlsminde , Grønsalen
While the earthwork of the western part is comparatively well pr...
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