Big stones (Thölstedt)
| Big stones (Thölstedt) Big stones on the Fehlenberge | |||
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 Large stone grave Large stones near Thölstedt |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 52 '53.1 " N , 8 ° 20' 12.4" E | ||
| place | Thölstedt , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 953 | ||
The megalithic grave Large stones at Thölstedt (also called Large stones at the lack of mountains) is probably a passage grave and has the Sprockhoff no. 953. It originated in the Neolithic between 3500 and 2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
location
The large stone grave is located in the Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park in Lower Saxony on the road that leads from the north to Thölstedt , south of the A1 and about 400 m southeast of the Aue bridge on the left.
description
The approximately 10.5 × 2 meter east-west-oriented chamber is partially hidden in the hill; no stones have been preserved from the enclosure or the entrance. Seven bearing stones can be seen. Four cap stones are exposed, two of which are broken, the others are missing. Originally it must have been six or seven. In 1896, 16 stones are mentioned, the largest measuring 2.3 × 2.0 meters.
No excavations are said to have been carried out on the facility. There is a boulder on the opposite side of the street . Nearby are the Schmeersteine (Sprockhoff No. 977) and the Mühlensteine (Sprockhoff No. 976).
See also
literature
- Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , p. 97.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 137.
Web links
- Description and pictures
- Description floor plan and pictures
- Navigator: more interactive focused on the big stones. Official map service of the LGLN
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