Great stone graves near Altenhof
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| Coordinates | Altenhof 1 , Altenhof 2 , Altenhof 3 , Altenhof 4 , Altenhof 5 | ||
| place | Altenhof , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 93-97 | ||
The megalithic graves near Altenhof are a group of originally five megalithic graves from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Altenhof in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein . They have the Sprockhoff numbers 93-97. Grave 3 (Sprockhoff number 95) was destroyed in 1963 during the expansion of federal highway 76 and previously archaeologically examined by Gottfried Schäfer .
location
The graves are located northeast of Altenhof in the quick marker wood. Grave 5 is the westernmost. Grave 4 is 200 m east-southeast of this and grave 1 is another 360 m east. Grave 2 is 60 m southeast of grave 1. The destroyed grave 3 was 120 m east-northeast of grave 1.
There are numerous other large stone graves in the vicinity : 350 m northeast of grave 1 is the relocated Hohenkamp large stone grave , 1.6 km southeast the Rothenstein large stone grave and 1.9 km east the large stone grave near Behrensbrook . The destroyed megalithic graves were located 2.3 km east-southeast near Neudorf-Bornstein .
description
Grave 1
This complex has an east-west oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of 60 m, a width of 6 m and a height of 1 m. Only a few stones remain from the enclosure. A pit in the western part of the bed marks the location of the destroyed burial chamber . No information is available on their dimensions or the type of grave. Due to the small size of the pit, it could have been a small dolmen .
Grave 2
This facility has a north-east-south-west oriented megalithic bed with a length of 38 m and a width between 6 m and 9 m. Sprockhoff was only able to identify a 1.6 m high, in situ, surrounding stone on the north-western long side. The burial chamber was in the eastern part of the megalithic bed and is completely destroyed. No information is available on their dimensions or the type of grave.
Grave 3
This destroyed complex had an east-west oriented, slightly trapezoidal barn bed with a length of 42 m. At the time of the excavation, there were still five surrounding stones, and traces of wear could be identified from others. Some of the containment stones that have been preserved had a support pack made of rolling stones that reached about a third to half the height of the stones. 12 m from the east end of the megalithic bed, a pit marked the location of a destroyed burial chamber. The chamber was oriented east-west and had an approximately square floor plan. Their length was about 3 m. Only remnants of the chamber plaster remained. This consisted of a 0.1 m thick layer of clay in which stone slabs were embedded. On top of it lay a 0.1 m thick layer of burned flint , which was interspersed with charcoal . Burial remains and accessories were not found. 4.5 m from the west end of the bed, a fire layer with a length of 1 m and a width of 0.6 m was found on the northern edge.
Grave 4
This complex has a north-west-south-east oriented megalopolis with a length of about 38 m and a width of about 6 m. Of the enclosure, nine stones are still preserved on the northeast and four on the southwest long side. Two pits mark the locations of destroyed burial chambers. No information is available on the dimensions and type of the chambers. Due to the small size of the pits, they could have been small dolmens.
Grave 5
This complex has an east-west oriented barren bed with a length of 20 m and a width of 9 m. Sprockhoff could only find one encircling stone on the northeast corner. A burial chamber is not recognizable.
literature
- Hans Hingst : Great stone graves in Schleswig-Holstein. In: Offa. Volume 42, 1985, pp. 66-67.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 28.