Great stone graves of Zernin

Two of the three large stone graves in Zernin near Warnow were excavated and reconstructed by Ewald Schuldt in 1967 . These are the approximately north-south oriented extended dolmen and a south-east-northwest oriented large dolmen . The passage grave was not excavated. All systems were once in round or oval rolling stone hills.

The enlarged dolmen has no Sprockhoff number. The other two have the Sprockhoff numbers. 374 and 375. The megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. Two of the plants are located in the "Forst Tarnow" south-east of Zernin and south-west of Warnow in the Rostock district , in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on a nature trail. The third plant is a bit away.

The extended dolmen (without language number)

The dolmen has five preserved bearing stones. as well as a damaged bearing and cap stone. A bearing stone and a capstone are missing. The 1.6 m high, 2.6 m long and 1.6 m wide roughly rectangular chamber was possibly in an oval enclosure. The access is in the south and is formed by a treg stone angled to the left.

The board consists of annealed flint and clay screed . The facility has two quarters . The remains of the capstone have two bowls . The investigation showed that the plant by the carrier of the Globular (KAK) nachgenutzt was.

In addition to 59 shards, six cross cutters , three blades , two hollow and two narrow chisels, two double-conical and one wide-mouthed vessel and a striking stone were found.

The large dolmen (Spr.-No. 374)

Scheme large dolmen

Of the 1.5 to 1.7 m high, 4.5 m long and 1.8 m wide chamber, eight of the nine bearing stones and two of the three cap stones have been preserved. The facility has three quarters . The board consists of red sandstone slabs and annealed flint . The investigation showed that the facility was reused by the people who carried out the bulb amphora culture .

In addition to charcoal and 112 shards, 15 blades , eight spherical amphoras, seven cross cutters , five blades , five double-conical vessels, three amber beads (one in the shape of a double ax ), three hollow and three narrow chisels, three tall pots, three spherical bowls, three bowls, three bowls, a wide-mouthed vessel, a rock hatchet and a flat hatchet found.

The passage grave (Spr.-No. 375)

The about five meter long passage grave has an east-west oriented chamber. Eight bearing stones have been preserved in situ , another is damaged and one is missing. Of the original four capstones, two are missing, the others are on top. The entrance was in the middle of the south side and was closed with a limestone slab. Ewald Schuldt has alternatively called such systems "portal tombs", but this collides with the portal tombs of the British Isles , which are of a completely different design. In contrast, there are roughly identical systems in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands , where they are also known as "Portaalgraf".

literature

Luise Lorenz: Ceramic lifetimes and the useful life of northeast German megalithic graves. In: Martin Hinz, Johannes Müller (eds.): Settlement, trench works, large stone grave. Studies on the society, economy and environment of the funnel cup groups in northern Central Europe (= early monumentality and social differentiation. Volume 2). Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3774938137 , pp. 61-86 ( online ).
Ewald Schuldt : Neolithic graves near Zernin in the Tarnower Forest, Bützow district. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1969. 1970, pp. 7-41.
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, p. 24.

Individual evidence

↑ 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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[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