Great stone grave Westerloh I
| Great stone grave Westerloh I | |||
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 Great stone grave Westerloh 1 |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 44 '23 " N , 7 ° 30' 51.8" E | ||
| place | Westerloh , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 864 | ||
The large stone grave Westerloh I is a Neolithic passage grave , with the Sprockhoff no. 864. It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
location
The large stone grave Westerloh I is located east of the village of Westerloh , a district of Haselünne in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . It is located on the road to Lähden.
description
The east-west oriented chamber lies in the remains of a 17 × 7.5 meter oval enclosure, which has been preserved especially on the north side. The chamber measures 12.3 × 1.6 meters. Almost all bearing stones and seven of eight cap stones are in place. The middle and largest capstone is made of red granite . The stone next to it is neatly split in half. An excavation took place in the complex in the 19th century. In 1820, H. Bödiker found a flint ax and a deep-engraved bowl here.
The large stone grave of Herthum is located nearby .
See also
literature
- Mamoun Fansa : large stone graves between Weser and Ems . Isensee Oldenburg 1992 ISBN 3-89442-118-5 p. 66.
- 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. 103-104.
