Great stone grave Plaaz
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 51 '8.1 " N , 12 ° 21' 11.2" E | ||
| place | Plaaz , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 373 | ||
The large stone grave Plaaz is a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Plaaz in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It bears the Sprockhoff number 373.
location
The grave is located about 1 km north-northeast of Plaaz, about 120 m east of highway 14 in a field.
description
The complex has an east-west oriented burial chamber , originally encased by a rolling stone hill , which can be referred to as a large dolmen . Around 1841 eight and therefore probably all of the wall stones were still preserved. The eastern capstone was later removed. The western end stone and three wall stones each on the long sides are still in situ . On them rests a large capstone with a length of 2.5 m, a width of 2.5 m and a thickness of 1.1 m.
literature
- The megalithic grave at Plaatzer-Kruge. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 8, 1843, p. 90 ( online ).
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 17.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 97 ( online ).
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 4. Schwerin 1901, p. 414 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : Old Graves - Early Castles. Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Schwerin 1964, Fig. 18.
- Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 127.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : The Nordic megalithic culture (= manual of the prehistory of Germany. Volume 3). de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1938, p. 6.
- Ernst Sprockhoff: Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 23.
- Johann Karl Wächter : Statistics of the pagan monuments existing in the kingdom of Hanover. Historical Association for Lower Saxony, Hanover 1841, plate 7.
