Great stone grave in Süderholm
| Great stone grave in Süderholm Great stone grave Heide LA 1 | |||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 11 '56.8 " N , 9 ° 10' 40.8" E | ||
| place | Heide , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 140 | ||
The Großsteingrab Süderholm (also known as Großsteingrab Heide LA 1 ) is a megalithic grave of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Süderholm-Bennewohld , a district of Heide in the district of Dithmarschen ( Schleswig-Holstein ). It bears the Sprockhoff number 140.
location
The grave is located east of Süderholm and southwest of Bennewohld in a wooded area. No other large stone graves are known from the immediate vicinity.
description
The system has a round mound with a diameter of about 10 m. There is a northeast-southwest oriented burial chamber , which is probably an enlarged dolmen . There are only three stones left. The north-eastern end stone is in situ , two wall stones on the long sides have overturned. Based on the existing pit, the length of the chamber can be estimated at about 2.7 m and its width at about 1 m. In the chamber gap pieces were granite - boulders , plates of the gusset masonry and burnt flint , probably, found off the floor pavement.
literature
- Hauke Dibbern : West Holstein from the time of the funnel cup. A study on the Neolithic development of landscape and society (= early monumentality and social differentiation. Volume 8). Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2016, ISBN 978-3-7749-3989-9 , p. 223 ( online ).
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 38.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Süderholm stone grave