Great stone graves near Negernbötel
| Great stone graves near Negernbötel | |||
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| Coordinates | Negernbötel 1 , Negernbötel 2 , Negernbötel 3 , Negernbötel 4 , Negernbötel 5 | ||
| place | Dannau OT Negernbötel , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 238-241 | ||
The megalithic graves at Negernbötel are a group of five megalithic tombs from the Neolithic funnel cup culture at Negernbötel in the Segeberg district in Schleswig-Holstein . Graves 1–4 have the Sprockhoff numbers 238–241. Graves 1 and 2 were archaeologically examined by Friedrich Knorr in 1914 and grave 3 was measured.
location
The graves are to the east of Negernbötel. Graves 1, 2, 3 and 5 are located south of Hamdorfer Weg in a forest on both sides of a path. Grave 3 is the northernmost facility in this group. Grave 2 is 75 m southwest of this and grave 1 is another 90 m southwest. Grave 5 is located 60 m south-south-west of grave 1. Grave 4 is located slightly apart from this group north of Hamdorfer Weg and 190 m northeast of grave 3.
description
Grave 1
This facility has a north-south oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of about 90 m and a width of 7 m. Of the enclosure there are still 30 stones on the western and nine on the eastern long side as well as two on the southern and one on the northern narrow side. The mound is still well preserved. The burial chamber is roughly in the middle of the bed. It is a north-south oriented large dolmen with a length of 3.5 m and a width of 2 m. Three wall stones on the western long side and the southern end stone are still preserved in situ . A wall stone on the east side fell over. The remaining wall stones and all cap stones are missing.
Two burial horizons were found in the burial chamber. The first consisted of a lower layer of dark material interspersed with burned flint and an upper layer of sand. In the sand layer remains of skeletons and as additions a thick flint tip and an undecorated ceramic shard were found. Over the layer of sand lay a layer of stone slabs and over it a layer of dark material interspersed with baked clay . This layer contained numerous additions. A thick-necked ax, a thick-necked chisel, a flat ax, a narrow chisel, a prismatic blade and four tees were found on flint tools. Among the pottery finds a small undecorated belonged Kugelamphore , a schrägwandiger Kumpf , the bottom has a vessel with a generous wall and two decorated edge pieces.
Grave 2
This complex has a north-east-south-west oriented rectangular barren bed with an original length of about 120 m. Of the enclosure, there are still 24 stones on the northwestern and eleven on the southeast long side and one on the southwest narrow side. On the north-east side only traces of the surrounding stones could be found. The mound is still well preserved. The burial chamber is in the southwest part of the bed. It is oriented southeast-northwest and originally had a length of about 3.75 m and a width of 2.5 m. Only the in situ south-eastern end stone and the two slightly shifted adjacent wall stones on the long sides have been preserved. The exact type of grave cannot be determined with certainty.
Grave 3
This facility has an approximately east-west oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of 41 m and a width of 7 m. There are nine stones on the long sides of the enclosure and one stone on the eastern narrow side. On the west side only traces of the surrounding stones could be found. The mound was heavily ransacked. A burial chamber cannot be seen.
Grave 4
This complex has a north-east-south-west oriented mound bed with a length of 26 m and a width of 5 m. The enclosure is only preserved in remnants. A burial chamber cannot be seen.
Grave 5
This system has a short, north-south oriented megalithic bed. Some of the surrounding stones and a flat mound have survived. A burial chamber cannot be seen.
literature
- Kurt Langenheim : About some thick flint points from the older section of the Neolithic. In: Gustav Schwantes (Ed.): Festschrift for the centenary of the Museum of Prehistoric Antiquities in Kiel. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1936, pp. 67–78.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, pp. 61–62.
- Karl W. Struwe : Ball amphorae from Holstein. In: Offa. Volume 12, 1953, p. 5.