Great stone grave Barkow
The large stone grave Barkow was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Barkow , a district of Barkhagen in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). Robert Beltz (1854–1942) kept it preserved in 1899, so it was only destroyed in the 20th century.
location
The grave was in the Blockkoppel forest between Barkow and Schlemmin . In the same forest is located in Kritzow the megalithic grave in the forest block coupling . The megalithic graves are located about 3 km to the southwest in the Sandkrug forest .
description
The facility was a chamberless giant bed of unknown orientation with a length of 100 feet (approx. 30 m) and a width of 24 feet (approx. 8 m). An excavation was carried out here around 1805. Ceramic shards, an iron ring , some ocher and some unidentifiable, rusted iron objects were found.
See also
literature
- 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. 18.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, pp. 96, 103 ( online ).
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : Friderico-Francisceum or grand-ducal antiquities collection from the old Germanic and Slavic times of Mecklenburg. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1837, p. 77 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 127.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 41.