Great stone grave of Werste
The large stone grave of Werste is located south of Werster Straße (in front of house number 128) in the Bad Oeynhauser district Werste in the East Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia .
description
The large stone grave in Werste is an attempted reconstruction from 1926 and 1979 using the original boulders. The original grave was in the 18./19. Excavated in the 19th century and undocumented and moved to its current location. The grave complex with three capstones is approx. 10 m × 4 m in size and oriented in an east-west direction. The entrance is on the south side. The grave is dated to the Neolithic and assigned to the funnel beaker culture.
literature
- Bartling, Gerhard: The stone chamber grave in Werste II. Rediscovery, securing and reconstruction of the lost cultural monument. Contributions to the local history of the cities of Löhne and Bad Oeynhausen 5, 1978.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 56.4 " N , 8 ° 46 ′ 37.3" E