On my tour to the Hunebeds in Drenthe and Groningen in July 2018, I unfortunately had to skip three hunebeds in the Drentsche Aa National Park / De Strubben Kniphorstbosch (D7 Schipborg, D8-Anloo-Noord and D11 Anloo-Zuid) due to lack of time. In September 2025, I was on holiday in Emsland for three days and took the opportunity to visit these three remaining hunebeds for the first time.
D8 Kniphorstbos aka D8 Anloo-Noord is an east-northeast to west-southwest oriented passage grave. No stone enclosure could be identified. The burial chamber is 7.9 metres long and 4.4 metres wide. It has four pairs of support stones on the long sides, one stone on each of the short sides and four capstones. The entrance to the chamber is located in the middle of the southern long side. Originally, there was a passageway made of two wall stones in front of it, but only one of these remains.
From the car park (N53.05981° E6.68464°), it is very well signposted (as are all Hunebeds in the Netherlands) and can be reached on foot in about 1 kilometre. I highly recommend also visiting tomb D7 Schipborg during your stay. It is a truly picturesque walk through the beautiful landscape of the Drentsche Aa National Park / De Strubben Kniphorstbosch. Along the way you’ll pass the burial mound Galgenberg (Strubben-Kniphorstbos) and, if you like, Driemarkenpunt.
Visited September 2025