Great stone grave Kutenholz

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The large stone grave Kutenholz was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Kutenholz in the Stade district ( Lower Saxony ). It was destroyed in the 18th century.

location

The grave was in Kutenholz in a garden.

description

The tomb was opened on April 2, 1726. Martin Mushard published a description of the system in his main work Palaeogentilismus Bremensis . It had a double circular or oval enclosure and a burial chamber with five cap stones, probably oriented east-west . The interior of the chamber was divided into two by a transverse wall. The description is to the exact grave type safe to identify them being inaccurate, but because of the size it must be a great dolmen or passage grave have acted.

The ventricular plaster was discovered at a depth of 5 feet . It consisted of a layer of red-annealed field stones, which was applied directly to the ground. Several finds were made about 0.3 m above it. Two ceramic shards were discovered on the west side, below the other capstones further shards as well as charcoal and a knife or a spearhead made of flint were found.

literature

  • Johannes Heinrich Müller , Jacobus Reimers : Pre and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Schulze, Hannover 1893, pp. 164, 185 ( PDF; 25.0 MB ).
  • Ernst Sprockhoff (ed.): Palaeogentilismus Bremensis . In: Yearbook of the Provincial Museum in Hanover , New Series, Volume 3 (1928) pp. 39–172.
  • 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. 28.