Schwasdorf stone grave

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Schwasdorf stone grave Large stone grave Remlin 1, large stone grave Klein Wüstenfelde 1
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Great stone grave Schwasdorf (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates 53 ° 53 '47.5 "  N , 12 ° 38' 53.5"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 53 '47.5 "  N , 12 ° 38' 53.5"  E
place Schwasdorf , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no. 392
Scheme large dolmen

The Großsteingrab Schwasdorf (also called Großsteingrab Remlin 1 or Großsteingrab Klein Wüstenfelde 1 ) is a megalithic burial site of the Neolithic funnel cup culture (TBK) near Schwasdorf in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It bears the Sprockhoff number 392. The complex was excavated and restored in 1968 under the direction of Ewald Schuldt .

Location and naming

Originally there were at least six large stone graves between Remlin , Klein Wüstenfelde , Gehmkendorf and Schwasdorf, of which only two still exist today. The graves were named and numbered differently by different authors. In the following, the system will be adopted by Schuldt. The large stone grave Schwasdorf is located about 1 km east-northeast of Schwasdorf, clearly visible in the field on the municipality border with Jördenstorf . 250 m to the south-east is the Großsteingrab Gehmkendorf 1 ; The Gemkendorf 2 stone grave, which was destroyed in 1971, was 800 m to the southeast.

MJB Sprockhoff Schuldt / Beier List of monuments Remarks
- Remlin 2 (393) Gehmkendorf 1 Klein Wüstenfelde 2
- Remlin 3 (394) Walking village 2 Klein Wüstenfelde 2 (?) destroyed
Remlin 1 Remlin 4 Walking village 3 - destroyed
Remlin 2 - Remlin 1 - destroyed
Remlin 3 - Remlin 2 - destroyed
- Remlin 1 (392) Schwasdorf Klein Wüstenfelde 1

description

The complex has an oval mound. Four stones in the south and two in the north of the enclosure are still preserved. The spaces between the stones were originally filled with dry stone slabs made of red sandstone, of which Ewald Schuldt was able to make out remains during his excavation.

The burial chamber is a large dolmen . It is oriented northeast-southwest and has a trapezoidal plan. Its length is 4.2 m, its width 1.6 m in the southwest and 0.9 m in the northeast. The height is 1.25 m in the southwest and 0.9 m in the northeast. The chamber has four pairs of wall stones on the long sides and a capping stone at the southwest end. Of the four capstones only the southwestern one rests on the wall stones. It has a length of 2.3 m and a width of 1.2 m. Of the remaining capstones, one lay next to the chamber and two inside the chamber. They were removed during the excavation and also placed next to the chamber. The two southwestern capstones as well as the two southwestern wall stones on the southeastern long side have bowls . The spaces between the wall stones were filled with dry brickwork made of red sandstone slabs, which, as with the enclosure, is only preserved in remains.

The entrance to the chamber is at the northeast end. Here two flat stones are placed on the last pair of wall stones, between which there is a threshold stone set vertically in the ground. In front of the threshold stone there are two larger slabs made of red sandstone. The entrance is 0.4 m wide and 0.65 m high.

The pavement of the chamber consists of clay screed and is badly damaged. Skeletal remains could not be found. The few finds were two ornate ceramic shards, one undecorated shard and three cross-edged arrowheads , a blade and a flint stone . A clear cultural assignment of these finds is not possible. Some decorated shards from the Slavic period speak in favor of re-using the grave .

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literature

  • 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. 37.
  • Ewald Schuldt : A large dolmen from Schwasdorf, Teterow district. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1969. 1970, pp. 67-73.
  • Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 138.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 29.

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