Julian Cope at Avebury, photo by Andrew Johnstone

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Kaköhl 3

Kalköhl 3 (Sprockhoff #220) aka Buschkate 3 consists of three large and two smaller stones. They can be recognised deep in the ground, which do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the former site. They are said to be the remains of a long bed. The stones are located about ten metres south of the 'Kaköhl/Buschkate 1' long barrow.

Visited October 2024

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Kaköhl 2

Kalköhl 2 (Sprockhoff #219) aka Buschkate 2 is a – heavily disturbed – burial chamber measuring around seven metres long and four metres wide have been preserved. Several massive capstones and supporting stones are recognisable. The burial mound covering the burial chamber is almost completely missing. The tomb contains a very striking red stone and is located around 30 metres to the west of the long barrow 'Kaköhl/Buschkate 1'.

Visited October 2024

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Kaköhl 1

Kaköhl 1 (Sprockhoff 218) aka Buschkate 1 is the best preserved tomb of the three tombs here. It is a long barrow oriented rougly north-south with a chamber facing the same direction. The length of the slightly trapezoidal barrow is 16 metres. The width is reduced from 8 metres in the north to 5.5 metres in the south. The chamber, measuring 6 x 1.5 metres, has six supporting stones on each side. Four capstones are still present, two are probably missing. The burial mound that once covered the long barrow is almost completely missing.

Visited October 2024

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Kaköhl

If you drive along the B202 from Kaköhl in the direction of Döhnsdorf, you will see a sign for the megalithic tombs after about 1.5 kilometres. Leave the car here and walk about 400 metres to the tombs, which are very idyllically situated on a hillock. There is an information sign at the site, so you can't miss it.

Visited October 2024

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Kaköhl

taken from the on-site information board:

Community of Blekendorf

- Megalithic tombs Kaköhl – Buschkate –

Tombs of the later Stone Age, built around 2700 – 2500 BC. Best preserved: trapezoidal long barrow with burial chamber. Four of the six capstones as well as six pairs of supporting stones and a capstone are present. The stones west of the long barrow are the remains of a burial chamber, which was once covered by a round mound. The one to the south is, according to ancient tradition, the remains of another long barrow.

The builders of such tombs were Stone Age settlers who used ground flint axes to clear the naturally grown forest with polished flint axes and built on the basis of a farming way of life and economy. In

connection with an unknown mortuary custom ceramic vessels (e.g. funnel beakers, hence the funnel beaker culture), amber jewellery and stone tools were found in the grave chambers.

The tombs were placed under protection in 1967 with an entry in the protected with the entry in the monument register.

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Just watched your video, found it interesting and informative, enjoyed it very much as a pleasant reminder of my visit in March 2017. You could have spared yourselves the hassle in locating it if you'd read my fieldnotes (just saying​…..). It is indeed a wonderful site, looks like you had the same sort of weather I did, very lucky.
An Irish hunnebed!
I was amazed at how relatively unknown the site is and the sheer scale and beauty of it. I was the only one there (unusual apparently) so I was spoiled by the staff who shamed me by speaking good English against my non existent French.
It was a fabulous place to spend time. Thing is, it wasn't even on my radar, just stumbled upon an article about the site and I just had to visit. There is a museum dedicated to the finds and I was the only person there. The staff were amazing (or amazed to find someone interested) and I was even able to overnight there in my van so all in all a good visit
The whole place was simply wonderful, really pleased I made the trip down there, I was on more familiar territory last week tramping around the cairns on Cadair Fawr, equally as wonderful
What an amazing place! Your photos are great. Enough to tempt me over to France (my childhood French textbook did nothing but bang on about La Rochelle for some reason, but it never mentioned this at all)
These are amazing, what a great looking place.
These are pretty cool, it has to be said​…
Thank you. I do like the area. A lot
Hah. In your face Professor Lloyd.
Yes, because god forbid a Woman might have thought of something they haven't. Edit: Also, you can see the sea from Pen y Gaer.
The cairn is located slightly below the level of the loch on relatively flat land so it may have been visible from Loch Ronald before afforestation.
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