Large stone grave in the forest area of ​​Wendel

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The large stone grave for the forest site Wendel was a megalithic tomb of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near the forest site Wendel near Kirchtimke in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district ( Lower Saxony ). It was destroyed in the late 19th century. There is no description of the grave itself. During its removal, the remains of a sitting, crouching human skeleton and a flint knife were found. The latter was recovered, but its whereabouts are unknown.

literature

  • Johannes Heinrich Müller : Pagan monuments in the northeast of the province of Hanover. In: Journal of Ethnology. Volume 18, 1886, p. 558 ( online ).
  • Johannes Heinrich Müller, Jacobus Reimers : Pre and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Schulze, Hannover 1893, p. 226 ( PDF; 25.0 MB ).
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 20.