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Archaeological site · Emmen · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen

Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen is an archaeological site in Emmen, Drenthe. This place has a story in the app. 2 of the 30 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 80 m you find a bench.

Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen
Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen, photo 2
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Photo: Michielverbeek · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen, photo 3
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Photo: Encyacht · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

The story

Story · Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen

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You're standing at dolmen D40, in a clearing in the Valtherbos woods, just north of Emmen. Look around: there are two more dolmens in this same clearing, D38 and D39. Nearby there was once a fourth, D39a, but it has disappeared. D40 is the southernmost of the three.

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Photos

6 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Facilities near Hunebed D40 Boswachterij Emmen

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.

Well-known points of interest nearby

30 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 2 of the 30 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.

Hunebedcentrum
MuseumAudio story · 2 min

Hunebedcentrum · 14.6 km

Hunebed D43 Emmen Schimmeres
Archaeological siteAudio story · 2 min

Hunebed D43 Emmen Schimmeres · 2 km

Hunebed D41 Emmen Noord
Archaeological siteAudio story · 2 min

Hunebed D41 Emmen Noord · 1.2 km

Hunebed D49 Papeloze kerk
Archaeological siteAudio story · 2 min

Hunebed D49 Papeloze kerk · 7.8 km

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Photo: Encyacht · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert
MuseumAudio story · 2 min

Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert · 10.3 km

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Photo: Tim Strater from Rotterdam, Nederland · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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Also within walking distance

The 2 nearest points of interest with a story, within 2 km.

  1. 1Hunebed D39 Boswachterij EmmenArchaeological site · 60 m away
  2. 2Hunebed D38 Boswachterij EmmenArchaeological site · 70 m away
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