Great stone graves near Hessenhagen
| Great stone graves near Hessenhagen | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 6 '31.6 " N , 13 ° 48' 39.2" E | ||
| place | Flieth-Stegelitz , Brandenburg , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves near Hessenhagen are two presumed megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture (TBK) near Hessenhagen , a district of Flieth-Stegelitz in the Uckermark district ( Brandenburg ).
location
The two systems are located in the forest area south of Hessenhagen. They are 36 m apart. Their location is recorded in the local file as site 7.
description
The two complexes discovered in 1942 are apparently unfinished, chamberless giant beds . They have mounds with incomplete enclosures made of stones with diameters between 0.5 m and 1.65 m, which protrude up to 0.65 m from the earth. Grave 1 is oriented northeast-southwest and has a length of 12 m and a width of 7 m. Grave 2 is oriented north-south and has a length of 8.5 m and a width of 4.5 m.
An excavation has not yet taken place, and there are no known readings . An assignment to the funnel beaker culture is therefore only based on the principle of exclusion, as no other culture built megalithic buildings in the Uckermark .
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. 36.
- Eberhard Kirsch : Finds from the Middle Neolithic in the state of Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Potsdam 1993, pp. 184–185.