Great stone graves near Perdöhl

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Great stone graves near Perdöhl
Great stone graves near Perdöhl (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates 53 ° 28 '15.6 "  N , 11 ° 1' 55"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 28 '15.6 "  N , 11 ° 1' 55"  E
place Wittenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.

The megalithic graves near Perdöhl were two megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Perdöhl , a district of Wittenburg in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They were destroyed in the 19th century. Johann Ritter examined the graves in 1839 and 1840.

location

The two graves were only a few meters away from each other northwest of Perdöhl on a hill. There were several burial mounds about 300 m to the west . To the east of Perdöhl were the megalithic graves near Helm , to the northeast the megalithic graves near Wittenburg .

description

Grave 1

Grave 1 was a south-east-north-west oriented chamberless giant bed with a length of 55 feet (approx. 16.5 m) and a width of 16 feet (approx. 4.8 m). When Ritter examined it, it still had a stone enclosure. The mound was made of brown sand and was preserved 3.5 feet (about 1.1 m) high. The surrounding ground consisted of yellow sand, which was mixed with small stones. Apart from charcoal , Ritter made no further discoveries.

Grave 2

Grave 2 was an east-west facing chamberless giant bed with a length of 86 feet (approx. 25.8 m) and a width of 12 feet (approx. 3.6 m). It had an enclosure made of 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 m) high stones. The mound extended both inside and outside the enclosure and was preserved 4 feet (1.2 m) high. Both the mound and the surrounding soil consisted of loamy sand. About 12 feet (about 3.6) from the east end, a row of stones ran across the barn bed. Behind it was the mound with medium-sized stones, occasionally filled with stone slabs. 20 feet west of the row of stones, Ritter found the remains of a human skeleton under the layer of stone. It faced north-south with its head north and east facing. The bones were crumbly, but it could still be seen that it was a tall adult. Grave goods were not found. Fifty feet west of the first row of stones, Ritter encountered a second, which, however, protruded about 10 feet (about 3 m) over the enclosure on both sides. Further to the west, the mound contained fewer stones. Here Ritter found the shards of a red-brown and a black-brown ceramic vessel. Both were coarse, thick-walled, and apparently undecorated. This section also contained charcoal.

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. 18.
  • Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 102 ( 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. 105 ( online ).
  • Johann Ritter : Perdöhl's megalithic grave. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 5, 1840, p. 24 ( online ).
  • Johann Ritter: Hünengrab von Perdöhl (near Wittenburg) No. 2 (See Jahresber. V, p. 24). In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 6, 1841, pp. 30-31 ( online ).
  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 3. Schwerin 1900, p. 154 ( online ).
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 127.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 32.

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