Great stone grave Diekhof
| Great stone grave Diekhof | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 52 '9.1 " N , 12 ° 22' 34.4" E | ||
| place | Laage , OT Diekhof , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 372 | ||
The Diekhof large stone grave is a megalithic burial complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Diekhof , a district of Laage in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It bears the Sprockhoff number 372.
location
The grave is located between Diekhof and Diekhof Hof, about 200 m west of Diekhofer Chaussee in a field.
description
The system is badly disturbed. The burial chamber is oriented northwest-southeast and belongs to the type of passage graves . On the northeast long side five wall stones are still preserved, on the southwest only two; of these, the north-western one is still in situ . There are still two of the capstones, one of which has a bowl . The width of the chamber is 1.7 m, the length cannot be determined with certainty. Originally the chamber consisted of four, possibly five yokes.
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. 17.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 126.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 23.