Large stone graves near Rastorf
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| Coordinates | Rastorf 1 , Rastorf 2 , Rastorf 3 | ||
| place | Rastorf , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 196-198 | ||
The megalithic graves near Rastorf are a group of three megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Rastorf in the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein . They have the Sprockhoff numbers 196–198.
location
The graves are located east of Rastorf on the edge of a former gravel pit. Grave 1 is the northernmost. Grave 2 is 160 m south of this and grave 3 is another 230 m south.
There are numerous other large stone graves in the vicinity : 360 m to the northeast are the large stone graves near Lilienthal , 1.1 km northwest of the large stone grave Söhren , 1.7 km north of the large stone graves near Dobersdorf , 1.9 km east-southeast the large stone grave Wildenhorst and 2.1 km km east of the megalithic graves near Hoheneichen .
description
Grave 1
The complex has a north-east-south-west oriented, presumably rectangular barn bed with a length of almost 20 m and a width of 5.5 m. There are still three stones left in situ on the south-east and one on the north-west long side of the enclosure . Fragments lying around may have come from other blasted surrounding stones. In the northeast part of the bed is the inclined burial chamber . It is an east-southeast-west-northwest oriented extended dolmen with a length of 2.5 m and a width of 0.7 m. There are two pairs of wall stones on the long sides and the western end stone in situ. The eastern capstone is either still completely in the ground or it is missing. The cap stones are also missing.
Grave 2
This facility has an approximately north-south oriented mound bed with a length of about 40 m. There are still some enclosing stones preserved, but none in situ. A burial chamber cannot be seen.
Grave 3
This heavily overgrown area has a barren bed with a length of about 30 m. Only fragments are left of the surrounding stones. A burial chamber cannot be seen.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, pp. 52–53.