Great stone grave Köhn

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Great stone grave Köhn
Köhn stone grave (Schleswig-Holstein)
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Coordinates 54 ° 20 '13.8 "  N , 10 ° 25' 46.5"  E Coordinates: 54 ° 20 '13.8 "  N , 10 ° 25' 46.5"  E
place Koehn , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no. 185

The large stone grave Köhn is a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Köhn in the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein . It bears the Sprockhoff number 185.

location

The grave is located southwest of Köhn on the edge of the forest area Bisterfeld and on the municipality border to Fargau-Pratjau . It can be reached via a forest path.

description

The complex has a north-east-south-west oriented mound bed with a length of about 36-40 m, a width of 5 m and a preserved height of 1 m. Numerous stones are still present from the enclosure, only the northeast end is missing. The burial chamber is roughly in the middle of the bed . Most of it is still in the ground. Only one capstone and one other stone are recognizable. The orientation, dimensions and type of the chamber cannot be determined without an excavation.

literature

  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 50.

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