Great stone grave in Charlottenthal

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Great stone grave in Charlottenthal
Great stone grave in Charlottenthal (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates 53 ° 40 '10.9 "  N , 12 ° 15' 14.4"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 40 '10.9 "  N , 12 ° 15' 14.4"  E
place Krakow am See , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.

The Charlottenthal large stone grave is a megalithic burial complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Charlottenthal , a district of Krakow am See in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).

location

The grave is located in a forest southwest of Charlottenthal and Krakow, about halfway between the Cossensee , the Karower See and a gravel pit. The Güstrow – Meyenburg railway runs around 150 m to the west .

description

The plant was discovered in 1975 by K. Knaak. She is in bad shape. All capstones are missing, as are two wall stones. There is no information about dimensions, orientation and type of grave. One of the wall stones has several bowls . During his investigation, Knaak was able to recover a Neolithic ceramic shard and a human bone.

literature

  • Charlottenthal, district of Güstrow. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1975. 1976, p. 324.
  • 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. 17.

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