Oll Gries

Latitude:
53° 29' 14.71 N
Longitude:
7° 47' 46.79 E
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The central stone

Visited September 2025

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
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Oll Gries

Nucleus
Nucleus Sep 19, 2025

Oll Gries is probably a medieval stone setting, which consists of four boulders arranged like a small square around a central stone. It was probably a road marker, but the site is listed in the book “Menhire in Deutschland” by Johannes Groht.

From Upschörter Straße (K50), which connects Wiesedermeer with Reepsholt, a sign leads into a dirt road at kilometre 5.9 to the north, walk from here about 700 m to the site.

Visited September 2025

Oll Gries

Nucleus
Nucleus Sep 19, 2025

taken from the on-site information board:

Oll Gries

The medieval stone setting Oll Gries (“Old Codger”) consists of four boulders arranged around a central stone. They were placed there in the late Middle Ages at the earliest. As old cart tracks were discovered near the stone setting, it could be interpreted as a landmark. The interpretation as a medieval landmark is supported by the importance of the road between Oldenburg and East Frisia as an old military and trade route.

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