D12 Eext

Latitude:
53° 0' 53.67 N
Longitude:
6° 43' 25.65 E
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Image of D12 Eext (Hunebed) by Nucleus

The middle side stone has a big crack
Visited July 2018

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 07/2018
Nucleus
Nucleus Jul 21, 2018
Image of D12 Eext (Hunebed) by Nucleus

The front stone was partially fixed with cement
Visited July 2018

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 07/2018
Nucleus
Nucleus Jul 21, 2018
Image of D12 Eext (Hunebed) by LesHamilton

The secluded farm track leading from the brick-surfaced road into the field containing D12 Eext.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Sep 25, 2013
Image of D12 Eext (Hunebed) by LesHamilton

Hunebed D12 Eext with the stump of the felled tree prominent.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Sep 25, 2013
Image of D12 Eext (Hunebed) by LesHamilton

An elevated view above D12 Eext in which some of the markers showing the positions of missing uprights are just visible.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Sep 25, 2013

Articles

D12 Eext

Nucleus
Nucleus Jul 21, 2018

One of the less attractive Hunebed in Drentsche Aa National Park, but mainly because there are so many other more appealing Hunebeds in the vicinity. All that remains are seven stones, all three capstones are titled to one side, as all supporting stones on the western side are missing.

Like Les Hamiltion mentioned in his fieldguide there is now a signed access from Anderensweg heading north, but nevertheless I would recommend to follow his instruction via Venakkers street, especially if you arriving by car as this approach will keep you longer on a tarred road.

Visited July 2018

D12 Eext

LesHamilton
LesHamilton Sep 25, 2013

Visited: September 13, 2013

There’s not a lot to say about Hunebed D12 Eext. Originally a small hunebed consisting of eight sidestones and four capstones, it has degenerated into little more than a stoneheap. Several of the stones have been robbed and, although A E van Giffen marked their positions with concrete inserts, these are nowadays often hidden beneath the grass. Hunebed stones often provide good surfaces for the growth of lichens and you will find the south-facing stones here to be covered with them. The bright yellow one is Candelariella vitellina.

On a positive note, the large tree that had long been growing hard up against the hunebed has now been felled, opening up the aspect of the site.

Hunebed D12 sits in a rectangular patch of land containing a number of trees within a large field known as Kampakkers to the southwest of the village of Eext. It is by no means obvious how to access it. I found the best approach was along a street called Venakkers which curves round the western boundary of the village (the last street to the west of Eext). As you head north up Venakkers the tarred road suddenly changes to a brick one immediately past house No 21 on the left-hand side. Between this house and the next one a farm track heads west into the fields. Keep following this track for 300 metres and you are there.

Disappointingly, there are no signs along this route to guide you to D12 until you are a mere 50 metres short of your goal; perhaps this is because there is now an allternative new approach. After visiting the hunebed, I was walking through Eext when I noticed a green ‘Hunebed Sign’ a short distance along Anderensweg, the road joining Eext with the neighbouring village of Anderen to the southwest. This was directing hunebed visitors northward into Kampakkers. I did not pursue this, but it would seem to be a new, easier route to D12.

You can view a short video about hunebed D12 Eext on YouTube.

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