Large stone grave in the ear field
The large stone grave in Ohrfeld was a Neolithic megalithic complex near the district of Ohrfeld in the municipality of Niesgrau , Geltinger Bucht in the Schleswig-Flensburg district , Schleswig-Holstein .
description
The large stone grave was located near the Ohrfeld estate . According to a report by Pastor Jensen, it was opened in 1833 and then completely demolished. It belonged to the type of giant beds and was oriented east-west. Inside the enclosure was a burial mound of unknown size with an elevation on the east side. Under this increase was the passage grave . The chamber had four capstones and an entrance to the south. According to Pastor Jensen, the chamber had an exceptional height at 6 feet (about 2.00 m). He describes the length and width of the room as being so large "that 10 men can lie around a burning fire in it." Ernst Sprockhoff lists the grave in his "Atlas of Germany's Megalithic Tombs" under number 23. According to a report from 1852 there was another large stone grave nearby, the exact location of which is unknown.
See also
literature
- Jakob Röschmann : Prehistory of the Flensburg district . The prehistoric and early historical monuments and finds in Schleswig-Holstein, Volume 6. Neumünster 1963, 380.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein . Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 9.
