Great stone grave in Ostenfeld
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 19 '12.2 " N , 9 ° 48' 28.1" E | ||
| place | Ostenfeld (Rendsburg) , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 157 | ||
The Ostfeld large stone grave is a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Ostenfeld (Rendsburg) in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein . The grave bears the Sprockhoff number 157. It was archaeologically examined in 1950 by Klaus Raddatz .
location
The grave is located east of Ostenfeld on the municipality boundary with Bovenau . There are several other large stone graves in the vicinity : 1.3 km south-southwest is the large stone grave Augustenhof and 1.6 km north-northeast is the large stone grave Bovenau .
description
The complex has a north-east-south-west oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of about 28 m and a width of 8 m. The stone enclosure is still well preserved on the long sides, especially in the southeast. There are two burial chambers in the mound . The first at the northeast end of the bed is an approximately east-west oriented extended dolmen with a length of about 2.5 m and a width of 1.6 m. The two end stones on the narrow sides and two wall stones on the north and one on the south side have been preserved, all of which are still in situ . The eastern wall stone on the south side and the cap stones are missing. The access to the chamber is on the southeast corner. In front of it is a corridor made of two pairs of wall stones, the outer one of which is in alignment with the surrounding stones. The second chamber is a little to the west of the middle of the barren bed. It is a north-east-south-west oriented passage grave of the Holstein Chamber subtype with a length of 3 m and a width of 1.6 m. Four wall stones on the north-western and three on the south-eastern long side as well as the two end stones on the narrow sides have been preserved. All are still in situ. The cap stones are missing. The entrance to the burial chamber, which is marked by a threshold stone, is located between the first and second wall stone on the southeast side, seen from the northeast. In front of it is a corridor made of two pairs of wall stones and two cap stones. According to Sprockhoff, the chamber may not have been built until a later construction phase.
literature
- Ekkehard Aner : The stone chambers of Ostenfeld, Rendsburg district. In: Karl Kersten (Ed.): Festschrift for Gustav Schwantes for his 65th birthday. Given by his students and friends. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1951, pp. 116–128.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 42.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Ostenfeld Stone Grave