Great stone graves at Goldenbow
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 25 '12.5 " N , 10 ° 58' 54.5" E | ||
| place | Vellahn , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves at Goldenbow were three megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Goldenbow , a district of Vellahn in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They were destroyed in the 19th century. Johann Ritter examined the graves in 1840. Ewald Schuldt cites three graves near Goldenbow (Friedrichsruhe) ; but this is a mix-up with the three systems at Vellahn.
location
The graves were on the Friedrichshof Vorwerk belonging to Goldenbow , west of the road from Vellahn to Albertinenhof im Birkholz. The graves lay in a north-south row. Only a few meters south of the megalithic graves were four Bronze Age burial mounds .
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 was an east-west oriented, rectangular, chamberless barn bed with a length of 80 feet (approx. 24 m) and a width of 18 feet (approx. 5.4 m). In Ritter's investigation, it still had a stone enclosure and a 3–4 foot (approx. 0.9–1.2 m) high mound. Ritter found some ceramic shards here.
Grave 2
Grave 2 was about 30 m south of grave 1. It was also an east-west oriented chamberless giant bed. It was 75 feet (about 22.5 m) long and 20 feet (about 6 m) wide. At its western end was a stone circle 36 feet in diameter. It enclosed a 6-foot (1.8 m) high mound. On the top of the mound was a stone 8 feet (about 2.4 m) long and 3-5 (about 0.9-1.5 m) feet thick. Two layers of flat stones were placed underneath, apparently forming steps. The mound in the stone circle was empty, and ceramic shards were found in the mound bed.
Grave 3
Another 30 m to the south was grave 3. Here, too, was an east-west oriented chamberless giant bed. It was 110 feet (approximately 33 meters) long and 18 feet (5.4 meters) wide. Ritter found ceramic shards here, but also two complete vessels. They were 13.5 m from the eastern end of the barren bed and 0.9 m apart. Several small flat and round stones lay near them. Both vessels contained bones.
See also
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 18.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 102 ( online ).
- Johann Ritter : Hune graves from Goldenbow. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 5, 1840, pp. 26-27 ( online ).
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 3. Schwerin 1900, p. 154 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 127.