Great stone grave Westerholte

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Great stone grave Westerholte
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Great stone grave Westerholte (Lower Saxony)
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Coordinates 52 ° 29 '26.3 "  N , 7 ° 52' 4.2"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 29 '26.3 "  N , 7 ° 52' 4.2"  E
place Ankum OT Westerholte , Lower Saxony , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.

The large stone grave of Westerholte was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Westerholte , a district of Ankum in the district of Osnabrück , Lower Saxony . It was destroyed in 1972.

location

The grave was located south of Westerholte on the road to Ankum and Ueffeln . There are several large stone graves that have been preserved in the vicinity. The graves Rickelmann 2 , Rickelmann 1 , Reinecke , Meyer , Grumfeld West and Grumfeld East are located between 650 m and 1.4 km to the east and south- east . 3 km to the south is the largely destroyed large stone grave in Büdenfeld .

Research history

The large stone grave was not identified as such until the 1950s. In 1972 it was destroyed by clearing work. A follow-up examination of the location revealed information about the construction of the facility.

description

At the follow-up examination, the scuff marks of the wall stones and remains of the chamber plaster were still present. The complex was probably a passage grave with ten wall stones and five cap stones. The chamber had a length of 8.4 m. The entrance was probably on the south side. Today only an overgrown hill can be seen at the location of the grave.

During the follow-up examination, 40 ceramic shards of the funnel beaker culture were found.

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