Great stone graves near Harmstorf (Dahlem)
The megalithic graves near Harmstorf were eight megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Harmstorf , a district of Dahlem in the Lüneburg district ( Lower Saxony ). They were destroyed in the 19th century.
location
According to Johannes Heinrich Müller and Jacobus Reimers, graves 1, 2, 5 and 6 were located in the paddock of the landlord Schoop, graves 4, 7 and 8 in the paddock of Schulzen Meyer and grave 3 in the paddock of the landlord Rosseburg.
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 had an oval mound with a length of 7 m and a width of 4 m. The enclosure consisted of 14 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber .
Grave 2
Grave 2 also had an oval mound with a length of 6 m and a width of 3.2 m. The enclosure consisted of 19 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
Grave 3
Grave 3 had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 32 m and a width of 4 m. The enclosure consisted of 78 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
Grave 4
Grave 4 also had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 11.6 m and a width of 2.6 m. The enclosure consisted of 26 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
Grave 5
Grave 5 had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 19.3 m and a width of 3.2 m. The enclosure consisted of 34 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
Grave 6
Grave 6 had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 21 m and a width of 4 m. The enclosure consisted of 50 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
Grave 7
Grave 7 had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 16.6 m and a width of 3.2 m. The enclosure consisted of 46 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
Grave 8
Grave 8 had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 10.5 m and a width of 4 m. The enclosure consisted of 27 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber.
literature
- Johannes Heinrich Müller , Jacobus Reimers : Pre and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Schulze, Hannover 1893, p. 139 ( PDF; 25.0 MB ).
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 49.