Gresse tumulus

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Gresse tumulus

The Gresse barrow is a barrow in Gresse in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It presents itself as a mound of earth overgrown with trees, the diameter of which is 25 meters and which rises approximately 4 meters in height. Today the man-made elevation is also known as the Finkenberg. The barrow is very likely from the Neolithic Age , in the transition phase to the Bronze Age .

description

Artificially created access

In the spring of 1899, the Gresser lord Albertus von Ohlendorf had the burial mound excavated from the north side. Inside, the excavators found a burial chamber that was shaped like an irregular four-sided room with rounded corners. Its dimensions are four meters in diameter and two meters in height. The walls of the burial chamber consist of small horizontally layered stones. The ceiling was vaulted with the same stones. A layer of fire was found in one area of ​​the burial chamber, one meter long and several centimeters thick. The burial took place on the west wall of the burial chamber. In addition to the remains of a corpse, Stone Age tools were also found there.

During the investigation of the barrow, the excavators built a corridor made of field stone, which leads into the interior of the hill and is still accessible today. Albertus von Ohlendorff also had the burial chamber and the corridor fitted with skylights so that daylight can enter the chamber. The skylights and access are secured with wrought iron bars.

Find overview

View into the burial chamber
number Details of the find
? unburned remains
1 Ax , made of gneiss , 19 cm long, 4 cm high
1 Ax, material diorite , 13 cm long, 5 cm high
1 Working wedge from flint , 12 cm long
1 Hollow part made of flint, 11 cm long
1 Flint wedge "with a curved edge", 11 cm long
1 flat, irregularly shaped wedge or ax made of slate-like rock
1 Flint dagger , elaborately worked, length 14.5 cm

literature

  • Horst Keiing : To the "hill grave" Finkenberg near Gresse in the Hagenow district.   In: Information from the district working group for prehistory and early history Schwerin. No. 30 . Schwerin 1990.
  • Robert Beltz : Megalithic grave of Gresse (near Boizenburg) . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 66 (1901). Pp. 129-133 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Barrow Gresse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Robert Beltz:  Hünengrave von Gresse (near Boizenburg). In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 66 (1901). Pp. 129-133. 
  2. ↑ Find comparison ax. see. Robert Beltz: Stone Age finds in Mecklenburg. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 63 (1898). P. 60 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Find comparison working wedge. see. Robert Beltz: Stone Age finds in Mecklenburg . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 63 (1898). P. 21 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Find comparison dagger. see. Robert Beltz: Stone Age finds in Mecklenburg. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 63 (1898). P. 49 ( digitized version ).

Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 5.1 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 17.1 ″  E