First reported 1788 Hottingerkaart (H.J. Versfelt, De Hottinger-atlas van Noord- en Oost-Nederland. 1773-1794)
Only two capstones and the skeletal form of the rest of the monument remain of the hunebed D38, which forms a triangle with D39 and 40 in a heather field surrounded by forest in the Valtherbos north of Emmen.