Great stone graves near Rothemühl
| Great stone graves near Rothemühl | |||
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| Coordinates | Rothemühl 1 , Rothemühl 2 | ||
| place | Rothemühl , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves near Rothemühl were probably two megalithic graves from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Rothemühl in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They were destroyed in the 19th century for the extraction of building material.
location
Both graves were in an extensive forest area that surrounds Rothemühl on three sides. Grave 1 was south of the village and north of the Nettelgrund forestry on a small ridge. Grave 2 was located east of Rothemühl and about 2 km northeast of grave 1. It was on the Taubenberg, the highest point in the forest, south of the highest point on a terrace. There are also several preserved burial mounds in the forest area . Numerous rock and flint tools were also found here.
description
Grave 1
According to a report from 1832, the grave was already badly damaged by that time. It was oriented from north to east (?). Most of the stones had already been removed or moved so that the original appearance of the complex could no longer be reconstructed. Nothing is known about burial remains. A ceramic vessel ("urn") was found among grave goods, its whereabouts are unknown.
Grave 2
From grave 2 in 1832 only two erect and parallel wall stones remained. They were oriented east-west, about 4 feet (1.15 m) long and protruded about 3.5 feet (about 1 m) from the earth. Nothing is known about finds of burial remains or gifts.
literature
- Fifth annual report of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology. In: Baltic Studies. Volume 1, 1832, pp. 294-295 ( online ).
- 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. 37.
- Albert Hellmundt : The prehistoric and early historical monuments and finds of the Ueckermünde district (= The prehistoric and early historical monuments and finds in the area of the German Democratic Republic. ) Volume 3. Petermänken, Schwerin 1964, p. 64.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 138.