Large stone grave Bavendorf
| Large stone grave Bavendorf | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 11 '37.9 " N , 10 ° 36' 45.7" E | ||
| place | Thomasburg , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 702 | ||
The large stone grave Bavendorf is a burial complex of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture near the Bavendorf part of the Thomasburg community in the district of Lüneburg , Lower Saxony . It bears the Sprockhoff number 702.
location
The grave is located west of Bavendorf in a wooded area, just a few meters south of a power line. 250 m south of the facility is a hill with a single stone in the middle. However, it is questionable whether this is a second large stone grave , especially since there are numerous burial mounds in the same forest .
description
The plant originally had a stone border and a mound of 27 m long, 3 m wide and 1 m high. However, since an excavation carried out around 1911 under Michael Martin Lienau , the grave has been in a very poor condition. The mound was cut lengthways by a 22 m long channel. At the north end there are still some bordering stones, but they have all fallen over.
literature
- Michael Martin Lienau: Excavations of the museum association 1910/11. In: Lüneburger Museumsblätter ^. Volume 8, 1912, p. 309.
- Michael Martin Lienau: About stele-like tombstones, sun cults and places of sacrifice, signs of human sacrifices as well as multiple burials in Stone and Bronze Age burial mounds in the Lüneburg area in connection with 2 burial mounds from the older Bronze Age that are also interesting due to the finds. In: Mannus . Volume 5, 1913, p. 214.
- Michael Martin Lienau: About megalithic graves and other grave forms in the Lüneburg area. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1914.
- 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. 43.