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Drebenstedt 1

Long Barrow

Fieldnotes

Drebenstedt 1 is a grand dolmen consisting of seven pairs of supporting stones and a trapezoidal enclosure. The current state of preservation is excellent, all supporting and enclosure stones are almost completely preserved, only one capstone is broken. The enclosure is about 44m long and 6-7.5m wide, a total of 53 of probably formerly 58 enclosure stones leftand a guardian stone (2.2m high) in the western corner. The chamber in the north-west part of the enclosure is 8.8m long and 1.9m wide. A total of 13 of formerly 16 supporting stones and four capstones are completely preserved.

The tomb is located about 1km west of Drebenstedt in a field under a group of trees and is visible from the road. It is one of the largest and best preserved Hunebeds of the Altmark region.

Visited March 2019
Nucleus Posted by Nucleus
8th March 2019ce
Edited 8th March 2019ce

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