Great stone graves near Deutsch-Nienhof

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Great stone graves near Deutsch-Nienhof
Grave No. 1, 2 and 3 as well as No. 4

Grave No. 1, 2 and 3 as well as No. 4

Great stone graves near Deutsch-Nienhof (Schleswig-Holstein)
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Coordinates Deutsch-Nienhof 1 Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 35.5 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 51.6 ″  E , Deutsch-Nienhof 2 , Deutsch-Nienhof 3 , Deutsch-Nienhof 4 , Deutsch-Nienhof 5
place Westensee OT Deutsch-Nienhof , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no. 164-168

The megalithic graves near Deutsch-Nienhof are a group of five megalithic tombs from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Deutsch-Nienhof , a district of Westensee in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein . They have the Sprockhoff numbers 164–168.

location

The graves are located northwest of Deutsch-Nienhof and lie on an approximately 460 m long east-north-east-west-south-west line. Graves 1-4 are in a field and grave 5 in a wooded area. Grave 1 is the westernmost. Grave 2 is 70 m east-northeast, grave 3 another 30 m east-northeast, grave 4 another 140 m east and grave 5 another 230 m east-northeast. The large stone grave Bossee is located 2.8 km north of this group .

description

Grave 1

This system has an east-west oriented oval mound with a length of 15 m, a width of 11 m and a preserved height of 1 m. The burial chamber is an east-west oriented extended dolmen with a length of 2 m and a width of 1.1 m. There are still three pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. The western and middle stones on the north side are inclined into the chamber, the western stone on the south side is inclined outwards. The remaining stones are still in situ . The cap stones are missing. It is not known where the original access to the chamber was.

Grave 2

This system has an east-west oriented, slightly oval mound with a length of 16 m, a width of 15 m and a height of 2 m. In the east and west some stones of the enclosure are still preserved. The burial chamber is a little southeast of the middle of the hill. It is an east-west oriented extended dolmen with a length of 2 m and a width of 1.6 m in the west and 1 m in the east. There are three pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. The eastern pair of wall stones is inclined so that the chamber tapers at this end. Of the two capstones, the western one still rests on the wall stones. Only a fragment of the eastern one has survived. It is not known where the original access to the chamber was.

Grave 3

This system had a round mound with a diameter of 16 m, of which only the western half is preserved. A stone enclosure could not be found. Of the north-north-west-south-south-east oriented burial chamber, only the northern end stone and the two adjacent wall stones have been preserved. According to Ernst Sprockhoff's reconstruction, it could be an ancient dolmen .

Grave 4

This system has a round mound with a diameter of about 13-14 m. Numerous surrounding stones have been preserved, especially in the north. The burial chamber is south of the center. It is an east-west oriented passage grave with a length of 3.5 m and a width of 1.2 m. There are still four wall stones on the northern and one on the southern long side as well as the two end stones on the narrow sides in situ. Three wall stones on the south side are missing. Of the three original capstones, only the western one has survived. In front of the south side there is another stone, which is probably the capstone of the corridor.

Grave 5

This plant has a round mound with a diameter of about 10-11 m. The burial chamber in the center is an east-west oriented passage grave with a length of 3.3 m and a width of 1.2 m. All four wall stones of the southern and the two western of the northern long side as well as the eastern end stone are still preserved in situ. Two wall stones on the north side and the western end stone are missing. Of the three original capstones, only the western one has survived. The access to the chamber is in the middle of the south side. Only one wall stone remains from the upstream corridor.

literature

  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 45.

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