Large stone graves near ledges
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 30 '23.3 " N , 12 ° 15' 56.8" E | ||
| place | Plau am See , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves at Leisten were five megalithic graves from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Leisten , a district of Plau am See in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They were destroyed in the 1840s to obtain building material for road construction, but could still be archaeologically examined in 1843 and 1845 under the direction of Johann Ritter . The finds made in the process are now in the collection of the Archaeological State Museum Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Schwerin .
location
The location of grave 1 is not known. Grave 2 was on the Leistener Lanke , a foothill of the Plauer See between the former windmill and the Heidekrug restaurant. Graves 3–5 were close to each other southwest of grave 2 in the direction of Plauerhagen near a lowland on a sloping area to the southeast. The Plauerhagen large stone grave was located nearby . To the northwest was the large stone grave Zarchlin .
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 was an ancient dolmen . When Ritter examined it, it was still intact and had a capstone. A more detailed investigation did not take place.
Grave 2
Grave 2 was also an ancient dolmen. The wall stones of the burial chamber were underground. The capstone had already been blown and removed. The interior of the chamber had been ransacked. Ritter found shards of three ceramic vessels, one of which was decorated with lines.
Graves 3–5
Graves 3–5 were of identical design. They had a pile of mounds and north-west-south-east oriented burial chambers, which were extended dolmens . The chambers were 10 feet (about 3 m) long and 4 feet (about 1.2 m) wide. The floor of the chamber was paved with white flint - greetings .
Several grave goods were found in the chambers, without it being noted which objects came from which chamber. It was a Flachbeil from yellowish gray flint, a blade tee , a narrow chisel and a from gneiss -made ax from a Secondary burial of the late Neolithic single grave culture . The narrow chisel is not preserved.
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. 19.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 104 ( online ).
- Robert Beltz: The prehistoric antiquities of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Complete list of the finds preserved in the Grand Ducal Museum in Schwerin. Text tape. Reimer, Berlin 1910, p. 109 ( 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, p. 98.
- Johann Ritter : Pagan graves at Carow and Leisten. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 9, 1844, pp. 355-356 ( online ).
- Johann Ritter: Barrows from barrows. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 11, 1846, pp. 348-349 ( online ).
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 4. Schwerin 1901, p. 633 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 128.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 40.