Great stone tomb Nartum
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 12 '9.8 " N , 9 ° 14' 19.7" E | ||
| place | Gyhum , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 651 | ||
The large stone grave Nartum (also known as Hünenkeller ) is a burial complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near the district of Nartum in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) , Lower Saxony, which belongs to the Gyhum municipality . It bears the Sprockhoff number 651.
location
The grave is located on the outskirts, about 150 m southwest of the Natum cemetery on a plot of land known as Hünenkellerfeld . 2.6 km to the north-west are the megalithic graves near Steinfeld .
description
The grave belongs to the type of large dolmen and is oriented approximately northeast-southwest. It originally had four pairs of wall stones on the long sides and as many cap stones . Of the two closing stones on the narrow sides, only the southwestern one has been preserved. It is still in situ , as are three wall stones on the south-eastern long side. The third seen from the southwest is missing. On the north-western long side, three stones are also preserved, the north-eastern one is missing. The wall stones are inclined towards each other. Of the original four cap stones, only one has survived and has fallen into the interior of the chamber. The middle wall stone still preserved on the southeast side has the following inscription, which is now underground: “dE 30 IVL 1673” (or “SE 30 IVL 1673”).
See also
literature
- O. Aichel: Alleged runic writing on a granite stone of a crumbled megalithic grave near Nartum, in the Ottersberg district. In: New patriotic archive or contributions to all-round knowledge d. Kingdom of Hanover and Duchy of Braunschweig. 1826, pp. 141-144.
- Rodde: Hünen-Keller near Nartum in the Ottersberg district. In: New patriotic archive or contributions to all-round knowledge d. Kingdom of Hanover and Duchy of Braunschweig. 1826, pp. 139-143 ( online edition ).
- 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. 19.
- Johann Karl Wächter: Statistics of the pagan monuments existing in the kingdom of Hanover. Historical Association for Lower Saxony, Hanover 1841, p. 373.
