Great stone grave Ketelsby
| Great stone grave Ketelsby | |||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 35 '42.4 " N , 9 ° 49' 11.6" E | ||
| place | Boren OT Ketelsby , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 44 | ||
The large stone grave Ketelsby is a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Ketelsby , a district of Boren in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . It bears the Sprockhoff number 44.
location
The grave is located southwest of Ketelsby and south of Hegeholz in the forest area of the same name.
description
The complex has an approximately east-west oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of about 35 m and a width of 6 m. In 1956 Ernst Sprockhoff was able to find five enclosing stones on the northern and ten on the southern long side. A stone lying in the east could come from the eastern narrow side. The mound has melted heavily. A burial chamber cannot be seen.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 17.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Ketelsby Long Bed