Great stone grave Werpeloh II
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 53 '26.5 " N , 7 ° 30' 11.3" E | ||
| place | Werpeloh , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 823 | ||
The large stone grave Werpeloh II with the Sprockhoff no. 823 is located in a forest northwest of Werpeloh in the Sögel municipality in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
Of the once around 40 supporting stones, 22 are more or less in situ . Four of the original 14 capstones are missing. Most of them fell into the chamber. The largest capstone, 3.1 × 1.9 m, lies above the entrance and is almost rectangular. The approximately 16.5 meters long and 1.8–2.3 meters wide east-west facing chamber has its entrance in the middle of the southern long side. Only a few stones are present from the presumably oval enclosure of approximately 27.5 meters by 7.5 meters (other dimensions are also assumed). The type is referred to as a passage grave or Emsland chamber . Since an inventory was made in 1926, a stone seems to have been lost.
Nearby is the Steenhus von Werpeloh (Sprockhoff no. 822), the large stone grave Werpeloh III Sprockhoff no. 824 and next to Klein Stavern III (Sprockhoff No. 848) (two cap stones) the smallest passage grave west of the Weser ; with only three capstones and a large dolmen .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mamoun Fansa : Great stone graves between Weser and Ems . Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, p. 40. ISBN 978-3-89995-626-9
literature
- Julia Menne: Megalithic graves in the Emsland. The Hümmling in the focus of geographic information systems (GIS). In: Martin Hinz, Johannes Müller (eds.): Settlement, trench works, large stone grave. Studies on the society, economy and environment of the funnel cup groups in northern Central Europe (= early monumentality and social differentiation. Volume 2). Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-7749-3813-7 , pp. 337–346.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , pp. 92-92.