Great stone graves near Köhlingen

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The megalithic graves near Köhlingen were five megalithic tombs from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Köhlingen , a district of Tosterglope in the Lüneburg district ( Lower Saxony ). They were destroyed in the 19th century.

location

According to Johannes Heinrich Müller and Jacobus Reimers , grave 1 was on the land of the landlord Sasse and grave 2 on the land border of the landlords Niebuhr and Lütjens; Graves 3 and 4 were on the way above the Walmsburger Land and grave 5 near the Tostergloper field.

description

Grave 1

Grave 1 had an oval mound with a length of 7.3 m and a width of 4.67 m. The enclosure consisted of 17 stones with a height of 1.16 m to 1.75 m. No information is available about the burial chamber .

Grave 2

Grave 2 also had an oval mound with a length of 19.27 m and a width of 8.76 m. The enclosure consisted of 32 stones with a height of 1.16 m to 1.75 m. In the middle of the mound was the burial chamber. It had several wall stones that protruded only 0.58 m from the ground. On top of them rested three cap stones, each 1.16 m wide and 1.75 m to 2 m long. Due to the number of capstones, the burial chamber must have been a large dolmen or a passage grave .

Grave 3

Grave 3 had an oval mound with a length of 9.63 m and a width of 7.3 m. The enclosure consisted of 14 stones. In the middle of the mound was the burial chamber, of which seven stones with a height of 1.16 m to 1.75 m were preserved. The exact type of grave can no longer be determined.

Grave 4

Grave 4 had an oval mound with a length of 4.67 m and a width of 4 m. It had already been largely destroyed by Müller's investigation; only three large stones remained, of which it is not clear whether they belonged to the enclosure or the burial chamber.

Grave 5

Grave 5 had a rectangular barn bed with a length of 43.22 m and a width of 5.25 m. The enclosure still consisted of 82 stones. No information is available about the burial chamber; it may already have been destroyed during Müller's investigation.

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