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Measurements on German passage mounds

Azimuth measurements

Azimuth measurements were gotten from drawings in the book of Fansa, M., 1992. From this one can see that most chambers of the German passage mounds in the Weser and Ems region (average latitude: 53^o and average longitude 8^o, in total 53 passage mounds), are oriented along east and west.
Below a pictures is given of the number of passage mounds that have a particular azimuth.

From this picture one can deduct that most chambers are oriented between 246^o and 285^o (65% of measured passage mounds). A possible explanation is available.

An interesting passage mound is one on the German island Föhr.

Comparable azimuth bearings can be found on the Dutch passage mounds (of the same time frame, 2600 BCE to 2200 BCE, close together [100 km] and comparable cultural environment [Funel Beaker Culture]).

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Azimuth measurements of Dutch passage mounds

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