Great stone graves at Puls
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 4 '38.2 " N , 9 ° 32' 5.3" E | ||
| place | Puls , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 179 | ||
The megalithic graves near Puls were originally several megalithic graves of unknown numbers from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Puls in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . Only one of these still exists today. This has the Sprockhoff number 179.
location
The preserved grave is located in a field southeast of Puls. Another grave lay northwest of this. This and other large stone graves in the vicinity were destroyed during gravel mining.
description
Grave 1
The preserved complex has a north-west-south-east oriented megalithic bed with a length of at least 30 m and a width between 5 m and 6 m. All the surrounding stones are missing, only the mound can be seen. No information is available about a possible burial chamber .
Grave 2
The destroyed grave 2 also had a north-west-south-east oriented mound bed, which was in the same line as grave 1. No information is available on the size.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 48.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Pulse Stone Grave