Steenbarg stone grave
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 56 '14.3 " N , 8 ° 22' 57.4" E | ||
| place | Dötlingen , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The large stone grave Steenbarg was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Dötlingen in the district of Oldenburg ( Lower Saxony ).
location
The grave was in the northern center of Dötlingen on Neerstedter Straße by the former Schwarting farm. There are several other large stone graves in the vicinity: 300 m to the north-west is the large stone grave Dötlingen (also known as the "large stone grave at the shooting range"), 900 m southwest are the four large stone graves known as Glaner Braut , 1.9 km to the east is the large stone grave of the court and 2.7 km northwest of the Egyptian megalithic tomb . 1 km to the southeast was the large stone grave Badberger Sand , which was largely destroyed in the 1930s and completely removed in the 1960s .
description
Around 1819, the complex still had at least four wall stones and two cap stones. In 1896 there was only one stone left. This stone should still exist today. It is located on private property and is partially overgrown by an oak . No further information is available about the orientation, the original dimensions and the type of grave of the facility.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 134.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Doetlingen Steenbar Chambered Tomb
- steinzeugen.de: Large stone graves near Dötlingen: Steenbarg