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combined D46 and D47 because these two hunebeds have been fully absorbed
by the city development of the suburb Angelslo in the town of Emmen. As
you can see the hunebed D46 is situated on a public garden surrounded
by the dwelling-houses of Angelslo. This hunebed used to be a ruin. In
1960 the grave has been restored: now all 4 capstones rest nicely on the
10 sidestones. Nowadays this hunebed is rather a recreational instrument
on a public playground than an archaeologic
monument.
For the hunebed D47 a small
ground has been preserved between the flats. D47 counts 10 sidestones
and 2 endstones, but these have almost disappeared under the sand. That's
why the capstones seem to lie on the ground. Until July 1997 D47 only
had 3 capstones. The missing two however were replaced by two stones
from elsewhere, so the monument looks complete again. An unusual action
but for a good reason. The monument suffered from severe vandalism so
badly that the authorities seriously considered to bury the monument
under the sand again. However, they decided bravely for the "counter
attack": a complete renovation and weekly surveillance. And as
you can see with success!
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