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Dolmen D53

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Dolmen D53

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    1. Hunebed D54 – Dolmen D53 loop from Onna

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    February 23, 2024

    Hunebed D53 is located on the Hunestromenweg near Havelte. With a length of almost 18 meters, this is one of the largest dolmens in the Netherlands, only dolmen D27 located a little further away in Borger is larger. On the side of the road is the smaller dolmen D54.

    Today the dolmen has 21 side stones, 4 keystones and 9 covering stones, which have rested on the supporting stones since a restoration in 1991. Originally it would have consisted of more than 40 stones. During excavations in 1918, many pottery shards were found, from which many hundreds (some researchers say more than 600) pots could be traced back. This made it the largest find ever in a dolmen in Drenthe. In addition, three flint axes, an arrowhead, a hammer axe, three beads of jet and one of amber were found.

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      July 10, 2020

      One of the largest dolmens in the Netherlands

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        July 10, 2020

        Nice bike path towards Appelscha

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