Great stone graves from Mechelsdorf

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The megalithic stone graves of Mechelsdorf are located in Bastorf , Rostock district , in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . There are three Neolithic megalithic systems with the Sprockhoff numbers. 322 to 324. They originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. And are plants of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).

Mechelsdorf 1 (Spr.-No. 322)

The chamber, the facility that Ewald Schuldt had not excavated in his place of birth, no longer exists. It was probably located ▼ at the southeast end, where a number of split blocks lie. The type is difficult to determine, but E. Schuldt calls it a passage grave. The rectangular edging of the approximately 32 × 8 m large, megalithic bed is still partially preserved.

Mechelsdorf 2 (Spr.-No. 323)

The north-south oriented chamber of the large dolmen is located in the remnants of a round hill measuring around 14 m ▼ . The approximately one meter long entrance is in the south. Due to the trapezoidal shape of the chamber, which is already very narrow at the access area, the axially forward passage is in fact the trapezoidal continuation of the chamber. The chamber is 4.8 m long, 1.2-1.5 m high and 1.3-2.0 m wide. It consisted of four lateral bearing stones and four cap stones, three of which have been preserved but have collapsed into the chamber. On two there are five or one bowl . The northern one also has two wheel crosses . The archaeological investigation carried out by E. Schuldt in 1967 revealed that the facility had been used several times . The hall was made of pebbles . 80 pieces of ceramics, 18 sheeters , 16 blades , seven flat axes, four narrow chisels, four double-conical vessels, four amber beads (one in the shape of a double ax ), two bowls, a spherical amphora, a striking stone and a blade scraper were found. Wheel cross.svg

Mechelsdorf 3 (Spr.-No. 324)

South-southwest view of Mechelsdorf 3

The east-west oriented chamber, which was found almost hilly (formerly round hill), is an ancient dolmen with a passage ▼ examined by E. Schuld . The capstone of the chamber is still on. The corridor, which is about one meter long and made up of two bearing stones and one capstone, is inclined to the northeast and meets the corner of the chamber consisting of four bearing stones, where a threshold stone is located in the unusually narrow opening . The chamber is 1.4 m high, 2.6 m long and 1.6 m wide. The flooring consisted of red sandstone slabs. Here, too, E. Schuldt found bowls. Otherwise only two thick-nosed axes could be recovered.

See also

literature

  • Ewald Schuldt : Two large dolmen with corridors from Gaarzerhof and Mechelsdorf, Bad Doberan district. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1968. 1970, pp. 149-177.
  • Ewald Schuldt: Two ancient dolmens with a corridor from Mechelsdorf and Neu Gaarz, Bad Doberan district. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1968. 1970, pp. 179-189.
  • Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves . German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, pp. 7–8.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The distribution area of ​​this pearl shape is limited to the northern group and the eastern part of the western group of the TBK with a focus on North Jutland and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where they mainly come from megalithic graves

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