Great stone graves near Süssau
| Great stone graves near Süssau | |||
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| Coordinates | Süssau 1 , Süssau 2 | ||
| place | Heringsdorf OT Süssau , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 278-279 | ||
The megalithic graves near Süssau are two megalithic graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Süssau , a district of Heringsdorf in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein . They have the Sprockhoff numbers 278 and 279.
location
The graves are located in a field northeast of Süssau. Grave 2 is 130 m east of grave 1. Both systems are separated by a watercourse. The Siggen stone grave lies 440 m north-northeast .
description
Grave 1
The complex has a mound that has only been preserved in remains. The burial chamber is oriented east-west. It has a length of 4 m and a width of 1.5 m. There are two wall stones on the northern and three on the southern long side, the western end stone and one stone that cannot be precisely determined. The wall stones on the north side and the two eastern stones on the south side are in situ, the others have been moved. The eastern end of the chamber and the capstones are missing. It is unclear where the original access to the chamber was. Thus, the exact type of grave cannot be determined with certainty. Due to the size of the chamber and the number of wall stones, it must have been either a large dolmen or a passage grave.
Grave 2
This system has a pile of hills plowed from all sides. The burial chamber is located in the southeast part of the hill and is probably oriented southeast-northwest. A total of seven stones have been preserved, including a long and a short wall stone on a long side right next to each other. The remaining stones cannot be assigned with certainty. The exact dimensions and type of chamber cannot be determined with certainty. Maybe it's a dolmen .
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 75.