Finkenthal stone grave

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The large stone grave Finkenthal was a megalithic burial complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Finkenthal in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It was destroyed around 1860. The stones are said to have been used to build the forester's house in Finkenthal. The exact location of the grave is not known. There is also no more detailed information about alignment, dimensions and type. In the destruction of the plant were three Feuerstein - hatchets salvaged, 1879 the Association of Mecklenburg History and Archeology were suitable.

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. 36.
  • Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . Volume 64, 1899, pp. 97, 105 ( online ).
  • Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : megalithic grave of Finkenthal. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 44, 1879, p. 72 ( online ).
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 138.