Great stone grave Verchen
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 51 '12.3 " N , 12 ° 54' 36.1" E | ||
| place | Verchen , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The large stone grave Verchen was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Verchen in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It was destroyed in 1830 for the extraction of building material.
location
The grave was on the Brandberg, east of the estate between the front and the back pond.
description
The grave consisted of six stones. The floor of the burial chamber was made of sand. No information is available on dimensions and alignment. The type of grave cannot be determined with certainty. Ewald Schuldt and Hans-Jürgen Beier classify the complex as a megalithic grave of an unknown type; in the state monument list it is listed as an extended dolmen . Nothing is known about burial remains. A ceramic vessel ("urn") was found among grave goods.
literature
- Fifth annual report of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology. In: Baltic Studies. Volume 1, 1832, p. 290 ( online ).
- 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. 26.
- Joachim Felgenhauer : Field names from the Demmin district. In: Archaeological reports from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Volume 7, 2000, pp. 344-349.
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 133.
Web link
- KLEKs online: Großsteingrab Verchen