Drebenstedt 1

Latitude:
52° 43' 14.12 N
Longitude:
10° 53' 39.7 E
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Image of Drebenstedt 1 (Long Barrow) by Nucleus

The last standing guardian stone
Visited March 2019

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 03/2019
Nucleus
Nucleus Mar 7, 2019

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Drebenstedt 1

Nucleus
Nucleus Mar 8, 2019

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

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