Large stone graves near Klein Hundorf
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| Coordinates | Klein Hundorf 1 , Klein Hundorf 2 , Klein Hundorf 3 | ||
| place | Gadebusch , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 316-318 | ||
The large stone graves near Klein Hundorf are three megalithic graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Klein Hundorf , a district of Gadebusch in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They have the Sprockhoff numbers 316-318.
location
The graves are located about 1 km west-southwest of Klein Hundorf and about 100 m west of the Radegast on a ridge in a forest. The three graves form an irregular triangle and are about 50–70 m apart. 800 m to the north is the new petrol grave . The large stone graves near petrol , which were destroyed in the 19th century, were located even further north .
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 is very badly damaged. There is still a wall stone in situ . Several more stones are scattered around. Ernst Sprockhoff did not dare to reconstruct the original appearance, and because of the small size of the remaining mound, only accepted a small burial chamber . Ewald Schuldt classified the complex as a large dolmen .
Grave 2
Grave 2 has a north-south oriented burial chamber, which is probably an extended dolmen . Three wall stones are still preserved in situ. Some other stones are also wall stones. The grave was reconstructed in 1958. The capstone that had slipped off was put back on. This has a length of 2.3 m, a width of 1.3 m and a thickness of 1.4 m.
During the reconstruction of the grave, four ceramic shards (an edge disk with pine branch decoration, a broken shard with angular engraving and two undecorated shards), a cross-edged arrowhead made of flint and a broken blade made of flint were found. The objects are now in the collection of the Archaeological State Museum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Schwerin .
Grave 3
Grave 3 has a burial chamber that is presumably oriented northeast-southwest. There are three parallel rows of stones, probably the wall stones on the long sides. With some caution, Ernst Sprockhoff accepted a chamber with three pairs of wall stones, but left the exact type of grave open, as did Ewald Schuldt.
literature
- Soil monument preservation in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1958. 1960, p. 231.
- 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. 16.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 95 ( online ).
- Ingeburg Nilius : The Neolithic in Mecklenburg at the time and with special consideration of the funnel cup culture (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of the districts of Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. Volume 5). Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Schwerin 1971, pp. 96–97.
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 2. Schwerin 1899, p. 520 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 126.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 5.