Great stone grave in Sietow

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The large stone grave Sietow was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Sietow in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It was destroyed in the 19th century. Its exact location is not known. There is also no further information on the orientation, dimensions and type of grave. According to Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch , it was still in good condition around 1843. There were also several Bronze Age burial mounds near Sietow . There are still some preserved megalithic graves in the vicinity: North of Sietow is the Wendhof megalithic grave , and the Lexow megalithic grave to the southwest .

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. 35.
  • Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 97 ( online ).
  • Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : graves in southeast Mecklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 8, 1843, p. 93 ( online ).
  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5. Schwerin 1902, p. 463 ( online ).
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 137.