Great stone grave Meppen
The large stone grave in Meppen was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Meppen in the district of Emsland ( Lower Saxony ). It was destroyed in 1839, but previously excavated.
location
The grave was in the "Barkensande" near Meppen. Ernst Sprockhoff could no longer localize this field name in 1926. To the north-east of Meppen is the still preserved large stone grave Apeldorn ("The Stone Key").
description
According to Johann Karl Wächter , the grave was covered for a long time by a drift of sand from which only a capstone protruded. In 1839 the capstone was blown up, after which several more stones, probably wall stones, became visible. These, too, had already been partially blown up when the work of the stone collectors was initially stopped. This was followed by an excavation by students from Meppen, where about twelve ceramic vessels were discovered. The excavation was not documented in detail, most of the vessels came into the possession of the local teacher, their subsequent whereabouts are unclear.
literature
- Johannes Heinrich Müller , Jacobus Reimers : Pre and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Schulze, Hannover 1893, pp. 236-237 ( 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. 106.
- Johann Karl Wächter : Statistics of the pagan monuments existing in the kingdom of Hanover. Historical Association for Lower Saxony, Hanover 1841, p. 134 ( online ).