Heveskesklooster

Latitude:
52° 55' 50.16 N
Longitude:
6° 47' 53.52 E
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Image of Heveskesklooster (Cist) by LesHamilton

This is a 1983 photograph taken during the excavation of the cist. It is taken from an illustration on the Information board beside Hunebed D52 Diever.

Image credit: Stichting Het Drentse Landschap
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Image of Heveskesklooster (Cist) by LesHamilton

Heveskesklooster Steenkist, now relocated in the Hunebedcentrum in Borger.

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Heveskesklooster

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LesHamilton Jun 24, 2015

Visited: June 18, 2015

Note: This Bronze Age tomb has been relocated to the Exhibition Area of the Hunebed Centrum in Borger, Drenthe.

In 1983, just a year after the discovery of Hunebed G5 Heveskesklooster during excavations at the site of an ancient monastery in the village of Heveskes, a second stone grave was unearthed. Briefly considered to be yet another hunebed, it was soon realised that this was a steenkist (stone cist), measuring approximately 5 × 1½ metres.

The difference between a Steenkist and a Hunebed is that the latter was a grave for a number of people, whereas a Steenkist (stone cist) was a grave for a single individual.

To protect and preserve the cist, it was relocated to the Hunebed Centrum at Borger, where it was restored.

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