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Wijnjeterp Stone Cist

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    Location: Gaasterlân-Sleat, Friesland, Netherlands

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    July 20, 2023

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    In 1849, the only hunebed in Friesland was found by chance and immediately demolished. Later, research into the hunebed was done at this location. It turned out to be a stone box of 4.5 by 1.2 meters. Nowadays you can see a replica here, to get an impression of what it must have looked like in earlier times.
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    August 5, 2023

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    Forestry worker Herman Wessels stumbled across this site in March 1849 while digging a trench on some large boulders.

    The boulders were removed and used for the road paving. It later turned out that this destroyed the only known "Hunebed" from Friesland so far.

    The tomb has been examined three times, in 1849, 1919 and 1996. The most recent examination concluded that this was not a dolmen. Characteristics of a dolmen are precisely the man-sized stones and the construction (partially) above the ground. This grave was a so-called stone box, a construction of a deep pit with relatively small stones.
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    January 23, 2021

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    Steenkist is an old Hunebed (stone grave) from around 2500 BC. And was discovered in 1849.
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