Great stone graves near Warszyn

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The megalithic graves near Warszyn (also called megalithic graves near Warsin ) were at least two megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Warszyn ( German Warsin ), a district of Dolice (German Dölitz ) in today's West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . They were destroyed in the 19th century.

location

According to a report from 1826, the two graves were an eighth of a mile (approx. 940 m) southwest of Warszyn on the road to Laskowo (German: Groß Latzkow ), near the Kienholzung. In the same report three graves north of Warszyn are mentioned, but it is unclear whether they are large stone graves or burial mounds .

description

The two large stone graves had giant beds in the shape of an elongated square. There is no information about the orientation and dimensions of the beds. Nothing is known about burial chambers .

literature

  • Robert Holsten , Gustav Zahnow : The Stone Age graves of the Pyritz district. In: Mannus. Volume 11/12, 1919/20, p. 121.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 97.