Large stone grave Fahrenkrug
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 55 '41.3 " N , 10 ° 14' 36.8" E | ||
| place | Fahrenkrug , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 242 | ||
The large stone grave Fahrenkrug is a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Fahrenkrug in the Segeberg district in Schleswig-Holstein . The grave bears the Sprockhoff number 242. It was archaeologically examined in 1909 by Carl Rothmann .
location
The grave is located south of Fahrenkrug and about 200 m north of the federal highway 206 in a field. 1.6 km to the west-southwest is the Wittenborn large stone grave .
description
This complex has an east-west oriented burial chamber . It is an enlarged dolmen with a length of 1.8 m, a width of 1.2 m and a height of 1 m. The chamber consists of two pairs of wall stones on the long sides, a cap stone each on the narrow sides and a cap stone. On the long sides there is a long stone in the west and a short stone on the north side in the east. On the south side there is a narrow plate opposite. This slab is preceded by a short corridor made of a pair of wall stones. The gaps between the stones were covered with clay .
During the Bronze Age the complex was used for two subsequent burials . The mound was expanded to a diameter of 20 m and a height of 6 m. The first reburial was found directly in the Neolithic burial chamber. The remains of a wooden coffin and numerous additions were found here. The skeleton of the buried man, whose head was to the west, had crumbled into a whitish powder.
The second Bronze Age burial was found in the mound, 1.5 m below the surface. Here stood in a small box with split stones two urns , the cremated remains contained.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 63.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Fahrenkrug Huenengrab