Large stone grave Windeby
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 27 '52.8 " N , 9 ° 46' 8.9" E | ||
| place | Windeby , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 74 | ||
The large stone grave Windeby is a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Windeby in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein . It bears the Sprockhoff number 74.
location
The grave is located west of Windeby and about 1.3 km south of Kochendorf in a forest. There were originally other large stone graves in the vicinity : the destroyed large stone grave Kochendorf was about 800 m north and the destroyed large stone grave Osterby 800 m west-southwest .
description
The facility has a north-south oriented rectangular barren bed with rounded narrow sides. Its length is 36 m and its width is 8 m. The burial chamber is located at the south end of the bed . Only two stones remain from her. The exact dimensions and type of chamber are unknown.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 24.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Windeby Long Bed