Great stone grave of Alt Tellin
| Great stone grave of Alt Tellin High stone, witch stone | |||
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 The "witch stone", probably the last remnant of the grave |
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| Coordinates | Alt Tellin , Hexenstein | ||
| place | Alt Tellin , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 563 | ||
The large stone grave Alt Tellin (correctly actually large stone grave New Tellin , also called high stone or witch stone ) was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Alt Tellin in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It bears the Sprockhoff number 563.
location
According to a report from 1832, the grave was located north of the Tollense on the former path from Klempenow to Demmin near Alt Tellin (later it was built between Alt Tellin and the location of the Neu Tellin grave), about 3000 paces (approx. 2250 m) away from the Tollense on a hill. The distance information seems to be incorrect, however, as the grave is entered on a measuring table from 1835 on said path, but only about 500 m away from the Tollense.
The largest and eponymous stone of the complex, the "Hohe" or "Hexenstein", was abducted in the 19th century and converted into a garden table. It was later moved to its current location at the crossroads from Schmarsow to the east castle ruins and from Alt Tellin to Siedenbrünzow .
description
Both Ewald Schuldt and Hans-Jürgen Beier keep the complex as preserved, but only refer to the information provided by Ernst Sprockhoff , who in turn only reproduces a report in the Baltic Studies from 1832, without having inspected the grave himself. The stones were probably removed in the 19th century and used to build roads. Nothing is known about the condition of the mound.
Around 1832 the complex still had a rectangular barren bed surrounded by stone. This was oriented east-west and had a length of 104 feet (approx. 30 m) and a width of 24 feet (approx. 7 m). The eastern narrow side was slightly narrower than the western. There were two large stones at the corners of the narrow western side. At the southwest corner was a dragged stone 25 feet (approx. 7.5 m) in circumference, at the northwest corner the "Hexenstein" with a height of 5 feet (approx. 1.5 m) and a circumference of 18 feet (approx. 5.5 m). In the middle of the barren bed lay two stones, one of which was still deep in the ground. This was probably the remains of the burial chamber , which is presumably to be referred to as an ancient dolmen .
literature
- Fifth annual report of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology. In: Baltic Studies. Volume 1, 1832, pp. 289-290 ( online ).
- 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. 24.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 131.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 87.
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