Great stone graves near Płońsko

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The megalithic graves near Płońsko (also called megalithic graves near Plönzig ) were three megalithic graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Płońsko ( German Plönzig ), a district of Przelewice (German Prillwitz ) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . They were destroyed in the 19th century.

location

Graves 2 and 3 were directly east of the Plönziger Vorwerk. Grave 2 bordered directly on the northeast corner of grave 3. Grave 1 was 900 paces (approx. 680 m) northeast of the place.

description

Grave 1

Grave 1 had an east-west oriented trapezoidal barn bed with a length of 14 rods (approx. 53 m) and a width of 2 (?) Rods (approx. 7.5 m). The front of the bed was to the east and the narrow side to the west. Nothing is known about a burial chamber .

Grave 2

Grave 2 had an east-west oriented trapezoidal barn bed with a length of 23 rods (approx. 87 m) and a width of 2 rods (approx. 7.5 m). The front of the bed was to the east and the narrow side to the west. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

Grave 3

Grave 3 had an east-west oriented trapezoidal barn bed with a length of 23 rods (approx. 87 m) and a width of 2 rods (approx. 7.5 m). The front of the bed was to the east and the narrow side to the west. Nothing is known about a burial chamber.

literature

  • Robert Holsten , Gustav Zahnow : The Stone Age graves of the Pyritz district. In: Mannus. Volume 11/12, 1919/20, plate 5.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 95.