the tumulus is located in a prominent location about 300 meters northwest of the village daensen, at in open countryside owned by former farmer and municipal mayor eickhoff. the bronze age tumulus is known as or and according to local legend, contains the remains of a chauci prince called baak. or back before 1897, half of the northern mound was removed for sand extraction. in the centre of the mound eickhoff's workers discovered a rectangular stone packing of boulders. inside they found bones and a complete human skull. the workers gave the bones to a dog. their work was witnessed by the moisburg pastor wittkopf who noted his observations in his parishs book of accounts: