Great stone graves near Jarchlino

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The megalithic graves near Jarchlino (also called megalithic graves near Jarchlin ) were two megalithic graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Jarchlino ( German Jarchlin ), a district of Nowogard (German Naugard ) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . They were destroyed in the 19th century. The exact location of the graves is not known. Both systems had an east-west oriented trapezoidal barn bed . The first was 30 paces long (approx. 23 m), the second was 50 paces (approx. 38 m) long. Both beds were 8 paces (approx. 6 m) wide and had the front side to the east. Nothing is known about burial chambers .

literature

  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 93.
  • Emil Walter : Prehistoric finds between Oder and Rega. Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin 1889, No. 54.