Great stone graves near Brzesko

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The megalithic graves near Brzesko (also called megalithic graves near Brietzig ) were at least seven megalithic graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Brzesko ( German Brietzig ), a district of Gmina Pyrzyce (German Pyritz ) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . They were destroyed in the 19th century.

location

Grave 1 was 2000 paces (approx. 1.5 km) east of the village, grave 2 another 500 paces (approx. 375 m) east. Grave 3 was 50 paces (approx. 38 m) north of grave 2. Grave 4 was 100 paces (approx. 75 m) northwest of grave 1. Grave 5 was 500 paces (approx. 375 m) southeast of the place. About 2000 paces (approx. 1.5 km) northwest of Brzesko, graves 6 and 7 were close to each other. In the vicinity of all these graves there were other complexes, most of which were probably burial mounds .

description

Grave 1

Grave 1 had an east-west oriented burial chamber in an elongated hill. The chamber was 4 feet (about 1.5 m) wide . Around 1825 there were still five pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. There were still two of the capstones that had fallen inside the chamber. It should have been a large dolmen or a passage grave.

Grave 2

Grave 2 had a north-south oriented rectangular barn bed . The exact dimensions of the system have not been handed down. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

Grave 3

Grave 3 had a north-west-south-east oriented trapezoidal barn bed with the front side in the south-east and the narrow side in the north-west. The exact dimensions of the system have not been handed down. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

Grave 4

Grave 4 had an east-west oriented trapezoidal barn bed with the front side in the east and the narrow side in the west. The exact dimensions of the system have not been handed down. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

Grave 5

Grave 5 had a north-west-south-east oriented trapezoidal barn with the front side in the south-east and the narrow side in the north-west. The exact dimensions of the system have not been handed down. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

Grave 6

Grave 6 possessed an east-west oriented, probably rectangular barn bed, which was cut in length around 1825. The exact dimensions of the system have not been handed down. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

Grave 7

Grave 4 had a north-east-south-west oriented trapezoidal or rectangular and probably slightly curved barren bed. The exact dimensions of the system have not been handed down. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

literature

  • Robert Holsten , Gustav Zahnow : The Stone Age graves of the Pyritz district. In: Mannus. Volume 11/12, 1919/20, plate 5.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 95.
  • Emil Walter : Prehistoric finds between Oder and Rega. Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin 1889, No. 141.