Gallery grave of Hiddingsen

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Hiddingsen stone chest
Hiddingsen stone chest

The gallery grave of Hiddingsen (also called "Steinkammergrab" or "Steinkiste") was discovered in 1934 during quarry work near Hiddingsen (City of Soest / North Rhine-Westphalia ). 98 human skeletons were recovered in the gallery grave , which is approximately 16.8 × 2.8 × 2.0 m (L × W × H) . The grave is dated to around 3000 BC. Chr. The plant is with the Beaker culture linked (TBK). The heavily damaged megalithic complex on the south-west corner is missing five stones on the south-east side. Otherwise 17 stones have been preserved, two of which, including the northeast end stone, are particularly large.

See also

literature

  • Walter Lange: Investigation of a newly found large Westphalian stone box near Hiddingsen, Soest district . In: Soil antiquities of Westphalia . 3, 1934, ISSN  0523-8013 , pp. 149-159.
  • Walter Lange: The stone box from Hiddingsen, Soest district . In: Local calendar of the Soest district . 15, 1936, ZDB ID 619151-4 , pp. 70-74.
  • Ingo Pfeffer: A grave for a hundred people. The stone box in Soest-Hiddingsen . In: Norbert Wex (ed.): Soester show places. Recall historical places . Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the Association for History and Homeland Care Soest. Westfälische Verlagsbuchhandlung Mocker & Jahn, Soest 2006, ISBN 3-87902-049-3 , pp. 326–331 ( Soester contributions 59).

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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '57.4 "  N , 8 ° 6' 48"  E