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D34 Valthe
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Would like to visit
D34 Valthe submitted by Martin_L on 15th Jun 2009. The site viewed from the East. The eastern-most capstone of this 4- capstone passage-grave is preserved in situ. The whole ensemble is surrounded by/embedded into remains of its largely removed barrow. May 2009
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Moli del Vent
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Would like to visit
Moli del Vent submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Mar 2006. This lovely little dolmen-a-couloir is approached by an entry corridor from the southern edge of the cairn. The chamber is topped by a gorgeously shaped capstone.
The views from up here are superb, with the Fenouillades valley to the north.
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Bougon Tumulus
Date Added: 26th Jun 2012
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: France (Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79))
Visited: Would like to visit
Bougon Tumulus F submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2010. The ancient Bougon Tumulus F0, is at the southern end of the tumulus, and is a circular construction containing a circular chamber.
It has been dated to the middle of the 5th millenium BC, and as such is the oldest dated construction of all the Atlantic facing lands.
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Cahokia - Mound 55
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cahokia - Mound 55 submitted by bat400 on 4th Aug 2007. Cahokia - Mound 55. One of the smallest mounds at Cahokia that was shaped into a flat topped pyramid shape. Monk's Mound can be seen behind Mound 55. Photo by bat400, June 2007.
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D35 Valthe
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Would like to visit
D35 Valthe submitted by Martin_L on 20th Jun 2010. The site viewed from the East.
Chamber length 8,5m (clear 7m)[1].
Width varies from 2,7m at the ends to 3,2m at the centre. Orthostat N2 is robbed (nowadays replaced) as well as Capstones C1, C4 and C5 (counting from the West). The site was slightly restored: fallen capstone C2 was placed on the position of missing C1.
The chamber is deeply embedded into significant remains of the covering round barrow. June 2010
[1] Giffen, A.E. van, 1925: De hunebedden in Nederland.
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Tautavel Musee de Prehistoire
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tautavel Musee de Prehistoire submitted by thecaptain on 16th Dec 2005. Caune de l'Arago item 21.
The skull of Tautavel man, the oldest known European Human face, dated to about 450,000 BC.
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Dolmen dit la Planche à Puare
Date Added: 26th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen dit la Planche à Puare submitted by ocdolmen on 2nd Aug 2009. dolmen de la Planche near Puare (île d'Yeu)
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Canyon de Chelly - White House
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Canyon de Chelly - White House submitted by bat400 on 10th Sep 2006. Canyon de Chelly - White House Ruins, Apache County, Arizona.
This Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) ruin was built and occupied between 1060 and 1275 AD. The photo is taken from the canyon rim opposite the site, but there is a trail that leads to the ruin.
Photo by bat400, June 2003.
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D36 Valthe
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Would like to visit
D36 Valthe submitted by croppy on 5th Jul 2008. D36 Valthe
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Dolmen du Caixa de Rottlan
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen du Caixa de Rottlan submitted by ocdolmen on 14th Jun 2006. Caixa de Rottland dolmen, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Rottland ("Roland" in french) was the nephew of the french emperor Charlemagne.
"Caixa de Rottland" (in catalan language) has the sense of "Roland grave".
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Piève statues-menhirs
Date Added: 26th Jun 2012
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: France (Corsica:Corse-nord (2B))
Visited: Would like to visit
Piève statues-menhirs submitted by Aska on 28th Sep 2011. You must come earlier to get a good shot. AM 10-11 they are under the shadow of the church, in the afternon the sun will shine on their back side.
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Heringsberg
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Would like to visit
Heringsberg submitted by Martin_L on 1st Jun 2012. The entrance in the SW. The massive chamber originally was covered by a barrow, 70m diameter and 10m high. The barrow is largely removed, but the chamber still partly embedded into remains of it and largely filled with earth. It is of trapezoidal shape, oriented SW-NE. Length is at least 9m, width over 3m at the NE-part. At least the NE-end orthostat is missing. It is hard or impossible to reach the site during growing season.
Thanks to the “Arbeitskreis Archäologie im Bernburger Land e.V...
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D37 Valthe
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Would like to visit
D37 Valthe submitted by peterpf on 29th Jul 2006. D37 with D36 in the back.
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Dolmen Da Cova de l'Alarb
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen Da Cova de l'Alarb submitted by Petercastle on 31st Jul 2005. The dolmen seen from the east.
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Filitosa Statue-Menhir (5)
Date Added: 26th Jun 2012
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: France (Corsica:Corse-Sud (2A))
Visited: Would like to visit
Filitosa Statue-Menhir (5) submitted by Martin_L on 3rd Mar 2009. Late neolithic statue-menhir dating appr. 3400 BP.
Front side reliefs: perpendicular longsword, dagger with scabbard and stylized face with helmet (May 2003).
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Hoesseringen Steingrab (Lehmke)
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Would like to visit
Hoesseringen Steingrab (Lehmke) submitted by holger_rix on 14th May 2012. Hoesseringen Steingrab (Lehmke)
Chambered Tomb in Lower Saxony, Bremen
It was destroyed by a farmer 1971 in the near village Lehmke.
1975 the original stones were brought to the museum of Hoesseringen
and reconstructed in its original state.
The chamber had three capstones, one of them had been destroyed earlier,
in 1850. One of the remaining capstones is littered with cupmarks.
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D38 Emmen
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Would like to visit
D38 Emmen submitted by peterpf on 29th Jul 2006. Another view of D38
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Dolmen de La Siureda
Date Added: 25th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Pyrénées-Orientales 66)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen de La Siureda submitted by DrTrojan on 2nd Oct 2008. Dolmen de La Siureda
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Pacciunituli dolmen
Date Added: 26th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: France (Corsica:Corse-Sud (2A))
Visited: Would like to visit
Pacciunituli Dolmen submitted by Aska on 23rd Sep 2008. Site in Corsica:Corse-Sud (2A): The local people recommend to visit this 'dolmen' nearby. Dolmen for the dead or a shelter for the living?
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Dolmen de Llanera
Date Added: 7th May 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Cataluña)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen de Llanera submitted by irundarra on 7th May 2014. Site in Lleida (CATALUÑA)
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