Large stone graves near Eisendorf
| Large stone graves near Eisendorf | |||
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| Coordinates | Eisendorf 1 , Eisendorf 2 , Eisendorf 3 | ||
| place | Eisendorf , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 173-175 | ||
The megalithic graves near Eisendorf were originally three megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Eisendorf in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein . Only one of these still exists today. The preserved grave 1 bears the Sprockhoff number 173, the destroyed graves 2 and 3 bear the numbers 174 and 175.
location
The preserved grave 1 is located east of Eisendorf and 50 m north of a path in a field. Grave 2 was 420 m north-northwest of this and grave 3 was another 480 m northwest. The large stone grave Seedorf is located 2.3 km southeast of grave 1 .
description
Grave 1
The complex has a slightly oval mound with a length of 18 m in east-west direction, a width of 16 m in north-south direction and a height of 2 m preserved. According to Ernst Sprockhoff's description, the burial chamber is oriented north-south (so the north arrow seems to be incorrectly drawn on the associated floor plan). It may be an enlarged dolmen . You can see a large capstone and two wall stones below. The capstone has a length of 2 m, a width of 1.8 m and a thickness of 1 m. To the north of it is a smaller capstone which, according to Sprockhoff, may belong to a corridor.
Grave 2
Grave 2 was documented by Carl Rothmann in 1904 and destroyed a little later. It had an east-west oriented burial chamber, which was probably an enlarged dolmen with a length of 2 m and a width of 1 m. The chamber had one larger and two smaller wall stones on the long sides, one end stone each on the narrow sides and two cap stones. Except for the larger wall stone on the western half of the south side, all stones were still there in 1904. The capstones had fallen inside the chamber.
Grave 3
Grave 3 was documented by Carl Rothmann in 1924 and later destroyed. It had an east-west oriented burial chamber, which was probably an enlarged dolmen with a length of 1.5 m and a width of 1 m. The chamber had three pairs of wall stones on the long sides, an inwardly inclined end stone on the western side and a half-height entry stone on the eastern narrow side. The capstones were already missing. In deviation from Rothmann's information, Kurt Langenheim names a chamber 4.5 m long with three cap stones.
literature
- Kurt Langenheim : The clay ware of the giant stone graves in Schleswig-Holstein (= research on prehistory and early history from the museum of prehistoric antiquities in Kiel. Volume 2). Wachholtz, Schleswig 1935, p. 12.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 47.