Great stone graves near Semlow
| Great stone graves near Semlow Large stone grave Palmzin (grave 1) | |||
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| Coordinates | Semlow 1 , Semlow 2 , Semlow 3 | ||
| place | Semlow , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 513-515 | ||
The megalithic graves near Semlow are three megalithic graves from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Semlow in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They have the Sprockhoff numbers 513-515. Grave 1 is run by Ernst Sprockhoff as a large stone grave Palmzin .
location
Grave 1 is located about 200 m west of Semlow, just before a small piece of forest. Grave 2 is located 400 m east of this directly on the outskirts. Grave 2 is located 650 m south of grave 1 about 100 m south of the road to Plennin . 2.4 km to the southeast is the large stone grave Wohsen , 3.7 km to the northwest are the large stone graves at Tribohm .
The graves were named and numbered differently by different researchers. In the following, the system will be adopted by Ewald Schuldt .
| Sprockhoff | Owed |
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| Palm tin (515) | Semlow 1 |
| Semlow 1 (513) | Semlow 2 |
| Semlow 2 (514) | Semlow 3 |
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 has an east-west oriented, almost rectangular barn bed with a length of 24.5 m and a width of 5 m. It tapers only slightly to the west. The stone enclosure is only partially preserved. In the eastern half, close to the middle of the megalithic bed, is the transverse burial chamber , which is an ancient dolmen . The wall stone of the eastern long side and the southern end stone have been preserved in situ from it. A narrow stone on the western long side is inclined into the chamber. A second narrow stone on this side is missing, as is the northern end stone and capstone. The chamber has a length of 2 m and a width of 1 m. According to Sprockhoff's assessment, remains of the burial could still be preserved.
Grave 2
Grave 2 has an east-west oriented trapezoidal barn bed. From the enclosure there are still 12-14 stones on the north side and 13-14 stones on the south side. There is still a stone on the narrow west side, none on the east. The length of the megalithic bed can therefore not be determined with certainty and can only be estimated at around 25 m. The width is 7 m in the east and 5 m in the west. At the east end is the transverse burial chamber, which can be referred to as a large dolmen . All three wall stones of the eastern long side are still in situ, as well as the southern and middle stone of the western side, the northern, probably very large, is missing. On the northern narrow side there are two end stones in situ, the southern end stone is missing. The capstones are also no longer there. A stone in the northeast corner of the chamber cannot be assigned. The access was likely to have been in the south. The chamber has a length of 3.5 m and a width of 1.8 m. Remnants of the burial may still be preserved.
Grave 3
Grave 3 has a north-south oriented trapezoidal barn bed with a length of 23.5 m and a width of 8.5 m in the south and 6 m in the north. The mound is still well preserved, as is the enclosure, which only has larger gaps on the northern narrow side. The burial chamber is located in the southern part of the megalithic bed. Although only a single capstone with a length of 2.5 m and a width of 1.4 m protrudes and the rest of the chamber is completely covered with earth, it was classified by Ewald Schuldt as a large dolmen. Ernst Sprockhoff only classified them generally as dolmens .
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. 4.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 117.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, pp. 75-76.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Grave 1 (listed here under Palmzin) , Tomb 2 (listed as Tomb 1 here) , Tomb 3 (listed as Tomb 2 here)
- KLEKs Online: grave 1 (listed here as grave 2) , grave 2 (listed as grave 1) , grave 3
- grosssteingraeber.de: grave 2 (here listed as grave 1) , grave 3 (here listed as grave 2)
- strahlen.org : Grave 1 (listed here under Palmzin) , Grave 2 (listed as Tomb 1 here) , Tomb 3 (listed as Tomb 2 here)