D49 Schoonoord Hunebed View all content for D49 Schoonoord

(Also known as Papeloze Kerk) Last time I was in Drenthe, I had only a crappy map to work from so completely failed to find this one, which I desperately wanted to see. It turns out I had been only about 200 metres from the monument which lies in an intimate glade in dense woodland. Happily, this time, with Julian's instructions in TME we found it immediately. Even the approach is thrilling, down an avenue of trees, like walking into an early van Gogh drawing. And at the end of the avenue lies the prize! Today, covered with snow, it looked like a giant Christmas cake… and equally delicious and fulfilling. This is different from other hunebedden in that part of the mound has been rebuilt, so it gives a really good idea of what they might have once looked like. It reminded me of an over-sized Scillionian cairn. I sat on the ice, my frozen arse forcing me to make a VERY quick sketch. The more I looked, the more I loved it. This place is magic. If you come to Drenthe, make sure you see this one.

Posted by Jane 30th July 2007ce

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