Great stone graves near Westersode

The megalithic graves near Westersode were several megalithic graves of unknown numbers from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Westersode , a village in Hemmoor in the district of Cuxhaven ( Lower Saxony ). They were destroyed in the 19th century. Their exact location is not known. There is also no further information on the orientation, dimensions and type of grave. To the south of Westersode were the megalithic graves near Heeßel , to the southeast the megalithic graves near Warstade .

literature

• Johannes Heinrich Müller , Jacobus Reimers : Pre and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Schulze, Hannover 1893, p. 186 ( PDF; 25.0 MB ).
• Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 16.
• Johann Karl Wächter : Statistics of the pagan monuments existing in the kingdom of Hanover. Historical Association for Lower Saxony, Hanover 1841, p. 65 ( online ).