Great stone grave Spitzkuhn
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 20 '7 " N , 12 ° 36' 33.8" E | ||
| place | Sietow , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 448 | ||
The Spitzkuhn large stone grave is a megalithic burial site of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Spitzkuhn , a district of Bollewick in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It bears the Sprockhoff number 448.
location
The grave is located about 400 m south of Spitzkuhn in a field.
description
The complex has an east-west oriented burial chamber , which can be addressed as an extended dolmen . The eastern end stone and the wall stones on the long sides are still preserved. Except for the inwardly inclined eastern stone on the south side, all are still in situ . The western capstone is missing. Of the capstones, only the slightly displaced eastern one is preserved. The chamber has a length of 2.4 m and a width of 1.4 m.
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.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 137.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 46.