Benkendorf large stone grave

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The large stone grave Benkendorf was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic deep engraving ceramic culture near Benkendorf , a district of Salzwedel in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel , Saxony-Anhalt . The grave was destroyed in the 19th century.

location

The grave was outside of Benkendorf on the left side of the path leading to Stappenbeck .

Research history

The facility was first documented in the 1830s by Johann Friedrich Danneil . When the great stone graves of the Altmark were taken up again in the 1890s , Eduard Krause and Otto Schoetensack discovered that the grave had since been completely removed in the course of the separation .

description

The grave was already badly damaged when Danneil was taken. More precise measurements or a determination of the grave type were therefore not possible.

literature

  • Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings and the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 1). Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 55.
  • Johann Friedrich Danneil : Special evidence of the barrows in the Altmark. In: Sixth annual report of the Altmark Association for Patriotic History and Industry. 1843, No. 140 ( PDF; 5.5 MB ).
  • Eduard Krause , Otto Schoetensack : The megalithic graves (stone chamber graves) of Germany. I. Altmark. In: Journal of Ethnology. Volume 25, 1893, No. 187 ( PDF; 39.0 MB ).