Gasteren

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The village was first mentioned between 1298 and 1304 as "in villa Ghestre, apud Ghesteren". The etymology is unclear.[1]

The hunebed (dolmen) Template:Ill is a small incomplete dolmen. It has been fenced off because, there are sheep in the heath. It used to have four capstones, but only two have remained.[2] There are also 44 burial mounds around the village.[3]

Gasteren was home to 155 people in 1840.[3]

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