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According to the information board on site, Everstorfer Forst Nord 9 is a rather badly damaged, extended dolmen situated on a considerably high mound. One supporting stone remains in situ, probably a keystone of the chamber. Another stone is no longer in situ; part of it may also have been blasted away. A third stone lies within the chamber, the approximate dimensions of which can be discerned from the hole at the top of the mound. A presumed fourth supporting stone lies on the slope of the hill. Until its excavation by E. Schuldt in 1967, this tomb (also by Sprockhoff) was known only as a burial mound.

Everstorfer Forst Nord 9 lies about 500 metres west of the signposted northern group of megalithic tombs. Take the road that runs past this group and continue towards Grevesmühlen. Just before the woodland begins to the north of the road, a path branches off to the south into the woods (it’s easy to find a parking space here). Follow the path and, after a short while, you will come across two very conspicuous mounds on which the two stone tombs are situated. Everstorfer Forst Nord 9 is the eastern of the two.

Everstorfer Forst Nord 7, a partially destroyed dolmen, lies next to Everstorfer Forst Nord 6. It is probably a small chamber that once had two capstones. Only three supporting stones appear to remain more or less in situ. Other stones have been displaced, including, in all likelihood, a capstone.

This is the last and westernmost of the eight graves in the northern group, which lie close together. It is situated approximately 30 metres west of Everstorfer Forst Nord 6. The two remaining tombs (Everstorfer Forst Nord 9 and Everstorfer Forst Nord 10) in the northern group are located some 600 metres further west.

Visited June 2026

If Everstorfer Forst Süd 1 is the pinnacle tomb of the southern group, Everstorfer Forst Nord 6 is the outstanding tomb of the northern group.

Among all the monuments of the northern group, this long barrow has the greatest length, and one of its guardian stones still stands — though one end and several kerbstones are missing. The chamber has an obliquely-set passage of flat slabs, which is unusual for a simple dolmen; only a very small number of dolmens lie obliquely within their barrow as a whole. The roughly 1.1 m high, 2.0 m long and 0.8 m wide chamber lies as a “transverse-liner” in the western part of an at least 45 m long and 5.5 m wide rectangular, east-west oriented long barrow. The chamber’s own capstone is missing, but the capstone covering the passage area survives.

Everstorfer Forst Nord 6 is situated about 40 metres further west of the heavily damaged extendend dolmen Everstorfer Forst Nord 5.

Visited June 2026