Prince's grave of Oss

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Prince's grave of Oss
red: burial mounds in the Netherlands
blue: urn fields

The princely grave of Oss is located in Oss near the “Paalgraven” motorway junction, between 's-Hertogenbosch and Nijmegen, and is one of the largest burial mounds in the Netherlands . The mound was about 3.0 meters high and about 54.0 meters in diameter.

In 1933 the so-called Prince's Grave (Dutch Vorstengraf) was uncovered when a caravan park was being built on the heath. It contained a bronze bucket and a bent iron sword from about 700 BC. The find was given to the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden . The hill has now been restored and marked with poles.

In 2009 a second princely grave was discovered a few hundred meters away from the first. The finds from this grave are exhibited in the Jan Cunen Museum in Oss.

In 2011 a third princely grave from the early Iron Age (around 700 BC) was discovered in Slabroekheide near Uden . Because of the rich grave goods, it is also known as the princely grave and called "Vorst van de Maashorst". The person in the Prince Count of whom it is unclear whether it is a man or a woman was buried, while the persons in the other graves were cremated.

  • Princely grave of Oss and Paalgraven

  • Aerial view of the royal tomb

  • Bent sword

  • Stake wreath hill (Paalgraven)

  • Burial mound with ring moat

The motorway junction Paalgraven ( German  "Pfahlgraves" ) is named after graves from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age (2000 BC to 700 BC) that were found in the immediate vicinity. According to archaeologists, the stakes had a ritual function. One of the hills is surrounded by a moat.

An urn field from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages was found in the east and south of the prince's grave. Cremated remains were buried in urns or cloths. Soon after the princely grave was erected, the cemetery was abandoned.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '58.9 "  N , 5 ° 34' 0.8"  E