Large stone grave Lindhof
The large stone grave Lindhof (also called Kattenloch ) was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic deep engraving ceramic culture at the Lindhof residential area in Drüsedau , a district of the municipality Altmärkische Höhe in the district of Stendal , Saxony-Anhalt . The grave was destroyed in the 19th century.
location
The grave was located south of Drüsedau in the area of Gut Lindhof, near the border with Polkern. The area around the grave was called Kattenwinkel.
Research history
The facility was first documented in the 1830s by Johann Friedrich Danneil . When the great stone graves of the Altmark were taken up again in the 1890s , Eduard Krause and Otto Schoetensack discovered that the grave had since been completely removed in the course of the separation .
description
The grave was largely destroyed when Danneil was taken and, according to Krause and Schoetensack's research, it was completely removed shortly afterwards. More precise measurements or a determination of the grave type were therefore not possible.
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings and the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 1). Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 55.
- Johann Friedrich Danneil: Special evidence of the barrows in the Altmark. In: Sixth annual report of the Altmark Association for Patriotic History and Industry. 1843, No. 20 ( PDF; 5.5 MB ).
- Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack: The megalithic graves (stone chamber graves) of Germany. I. Altmark. In: Journal of Ethnology. Volume 25, 1893, No. 43 ( PDF; 39.0 MB ).