Great stone graves near Gowens
| Great stone graves near Gowens | |||
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| Coordinates | Gowen 1 , Gowen 2 , Gowen 3 , Gowen 4 , Gowen 5 | ||
| place | Dannau OT Gowens , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 210-213 | ||
The megalithic graves near Gowens are a group of four or five megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Gowens , a district of Dannau in the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein . Graves 1–4 have the Sprockhoff numbers 210–213.
location
The graves are located southeast of Gowens in the Gowenser enclosure. Graves 1–3 are in the northeast of the forest. Grave 2 is 90 m north and grave 3 100 m north-northwest of grave 1. Grave 4 is a little further away 360 m south-southwest of grave 1. About 100 m north of grave 4 is a possible fifth grave.
There are several other large stone graves in the vicinity : 1.7 km to the east are the large stone graves near Flehm and 3 km north of the Wetterade large stone grave .
description
Grave 1
This complex has a round mound with a preserved height of 1.5 m and a D-shaped enclosure, from which most of the stones have been preserved. The even side is to the east. The burial chamber is probably a north-south oriented passage grave with a length of 7 m and a width of 1.8 m. It originally consisted of six pairs of wall stones on the long sides, one end stone on each of the narrow sides and six cap stones. The wall stones on the east side are all still preserved. The second from the south is inclined inwards, the others are still in situ . On the west side the four northern ones are still in situ, the southern one has been blown up and overturned, the second from the south is missing. The northern end stone is in situ, the southern one is missing. Only three of the capstones have survived, all of which have been carried off and partly blown up. The access to the chamber was perhaps in the middle of the east side. There is a gap between the wall stones. Upstream gangways could not be found, however.
Grave 2
Similar to grave 1, this system also has a round mound with a diameter of 20 m and a height of 2 m and a D-shaped enclosure. The straight side is in the south. The burial chamber is probably an east-west oriented passage grave with a length of 4.5 m and a width of 2 m. It originally consisted of three pairs of wall stones on the long sides, one end stone in the east and two end stones in the west as well as three cap stones. The wall stones of the long sides are still preserved, the three southern and western stones of the north wall are still in situ. The eastern end stone is missing, on the western side only a fragment of a stone is preserved. The capstones are missing, only a fragment of one is still inside the chamber. The access to the chamber may have been between the eastern and central stone on the south side. There is a loophole here. Upstream gangways could not be found, however.
Grave 3
This complex has a north-south oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of 24 m and a width of 7 m. Numerous stones have been preserved from the enclosure, especially on the long sides, but many of them have overturned. The burial chamber is just south of the center of the bed. It is probably a north-south oriented passage grave with a length of 6 m and a width of 1.3 m. The chamber originally consisted of five pairs of wall stones on the long sides, one end stone on each of the narrow sides and five cap stones. The wall stones on the west side are still completely there, but they have all been moved. The second stone from the south is missing on the east side, and the two end stones have also disappeared. Of the capstones, only the two dragged southern ones and a fragment of the northern one have survived. The exact location of the access to the chamber is unclear. Gang stones could not be found.
Grave 4
This heavily destroyed complex still consists of seven stones, which may belong to a north-east-south-west oriented burial chamber. The exact dimensions and type of chamber are unknown.
Presumed grave 5
The possible fifth grave consists of a collection of stones that are roughly in a row. The exact dimensions and type of this system are unknown.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 56.