Great stone graves near Flehm
| Great stone graves near Flehm Great stone graves near Högsdorf-Flehm | |||
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 Grave 1, state in 2018 |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 14 '2 " N , 10 ° 37' 37.7" E | ||
| place | Högsdorf , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 215-216 | ||
The large stone graves near Flehm (also large stone graves near Högsdorf-Flehm ) are two between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC created. Megalithic grave sites of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture (TBK) around Flehm, in the municipality of Högsdorf in Plön ( Schleswig-Holstein ). They have the Sprockhoff numbers 215 and 216. Grave 1 was excavated in 1953 under the direction of Ernst Sprockhoff. In the same year, Rector Peters from Eutin discovered the remains of a destroyed third grave.
location
Grave 1 is located about 500 meters south-south-west of Flehm on the eastern edge of the Rührsberger Weg. Grave 2 is located 1.4 km southeast of this on the edge of a small wooded area. The third grave was discovered in the area of the Schweizerhof; its exact position is not known. 1.7 km west of grave 1 are the megalithic graves near Gowens .
description
Preserved graves
Grave 1
The megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) with the Sprockhoff no. 215 was made between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr. Grave 1 has a north-east-south-west oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of 26 m and a width of 8.5 m. The mound still reaches up to the upper edge of the mostly preserved bordering stones, some of which, however, have overturned or carried away. Charcoal remains were discovered in the mound.
The passage grave of the Holstein Chamber subtype is also oriented northeast-southwest. It has a chamber length of 5.2 m, a width of 1.45 m in the southwest and 1.85 m in the northeast and a height of 1.50 cm. It is slightly trapezoidal and has five bearing stones on the long sides and a keystone on the south-western narrow side, all of which are still in situ . The northeast keystone is missing. Of the original five cap stones, only three are left, one in the southwest and two in the northeast. They were found sunk by E. Sprockhoff and were reopened after the excavation.
The corridor is on the south-eastern long side between the first and second wall stone. It has a length of 3 m and consists of two pairs of wall stones. To the right of the corridor, a stone slab with a length of 1.25 m, a width of 0.68 m and a thickness between 0.1 m and 0.2 m was found inside the chamber, which is probably the inner one Closure plate acted. The outer closure of the chamber consisted of larger plates and rolling stones that were embedded in a clay packing.
The gaps between the wall stones were filled with dry masonry set in clay , which is still preserved in some places. However, it had slipped in the area of the corridor and under the cover stones. The chamber had a multilayer jacket. The innermost layer was made of baked flint . At the foot of the wall stones it was about 0.4 m thick and reached a height of 1.1 m. This was followed by a clay pack of the same height. It had a thickness of 1.5 m at the foot and 0.8 m at the top. These layers were covered with a layer of stones. This was finally followed by the mound.
Before their investigation, the chamber was filled with fine yellow clay to about 0.2 m below the capstones. The floor was paved with stone slabs and small rolling stones . A 0.15 m to 0.20 m thick layer of burnt flint was applied to this. On the two narrow sides, 0.3 m × 0.4 m large stone slabs separated about 1 m wide quarters . These had a three-layer pavement: the bottom layer was made up of stone slabs. This was followed by a layer of baked flint. The top layer was again made of stone slabs.
The remains of several human skeletons and numerous burial objects of the TBK were found scattered randomly on the pavement of the chamber . The additions included several ceramic vessels (four amphorae , ten cups, six bowls and two undecorated vessels), several flint tools (three cross-edged arrowheads , a dagger, a point and seven shavings) and seven amber beads. About 0.5 m above the floor, additions from two subsequent burials were also discovered: opposite the entrance were two axes of the individual grave culture and to the right of the entrance on the southeast wall were three vessels, two axes, five amber beads and a fire stone. A badly damaged flint ax was also discovered in the corridor.
- Finds from grave 1
Grave 2
Grave 2 has a mound that has been preserved in remains, which contains an east-west oriented grave chamber, which is also a Holstein chamber. There are five wall stones on the northern long side and three on the southern side. The eastern end stone has been blown up, the western one is missing. The length of the chamber cannot therefore be precisely determined. Only one of the capstones remains, but it fell into the interior of the chamber. To the south of the chamber there is still a single stone in situ, which is a wall stone of the corridor.
The destroyed grave 3
The third grave had a north-west-south-east oriented burial chamber with a presumably rectangular floor plan. The wall stones had tipped over, partly smashed and sunk into deep pits. On the south-western long side, two overturned wall stones and their footprints and within the cesspool the fragment of another large stone were discovered. Originally at least one other wall stone had been connected to the northwest. On the north-eastern long side, a wall stone (probably from the south-eastern end of the long side) and the fragment of another was discovered. The number of wall stones originally connected to the northwest could not be precisely determined. Another wall stone lay in front of the north-western narrow side. The floor of the burial chamber was evenly paved with slabs and pebbles. A more detailed examination of the chamber floor was not carried out. In the south-west corner of the chamber, the paving reached between the footprints of the wall stones and probably marked the former entrance there.
literature
- Ekkehard Aner : The megalithic graves of Schleswig-Holstein. In: Guide to Prehistoric and Protohistoric Monuments. Volume 9. Schleswig - Haitabu - Sylt. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1968, p. 68.
- Hans Hingst: Great stone graves in Schleswig-Holstein. In: Offa. Volume 42, 1985, p. 66.
- Jutta Roß: Megalithic graves in Schleswig-Holstein. Investigations into the structure of the tombs based on recent excavation findings. Publishing house Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-86064-046-1 , pp. 216-218.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Large stone grave of Flehm. In: Germania. Volume 31, 1953, p. 233 ( online ).
- Ernst Sprockhoff: Flehm, a Holstein chamber. In: Germania. Volume 36, 1958, pp. 324-343 ( online ).
- Ernst Sprockhoff: Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 57.
See also
Web links
- strahlen.org : Flehm 1 , Flehm 2
- steinzeugen.de: Flehm
- The Megalithic Portal: Flehm Langbett , Flehm Steingrab 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flehm long bed
- ↑ a b c Jutta Roß: Megalithic graves in Schleswig-Holstein. P. 216.
- ^ Jutta Roß: Megalithic graves in Schleswig-Holstein. Pp. 216-217.
- ↑ a b Jutta Roß: Megalithic graves in Schleswig-Holstein. P. 217.
- ↑ Ernst Sprockhoff: Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. P. 57.
- ^ Hans Hingst: Great stone graves in Schleswig-Holstein. P. 66.