List of large stone graves in the Netherlands

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List of major stone graves in the Netherlands (Netherlands)
D1
D2
D3 + D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
D9
D10
D11
D12
D13
D14
D15
D16
D17 + D18
D19 + D20
D21 + D22
D23
D24
D25
D26
D27
D28
D29
D30
D31
D32
D34
D35
D36 + D37
D38-D40
D41
D42
D43
D44
D45
D46
D47
D49
D50
D51
D52
D53
D54
G1
G5
D32a
D32c
D32d
D33
D35a
D37a
D43a
D44a
D52a
D54a
D54b + D54c
G2 + G3
G4
O1
O2
The large stone graves in the Netherlands (red: preserved graves; gray: destroyed graves)

The list of large stone graves in the Netherlands includes all known large stone graves in the territory of the Netherlands . 54 graves are still preserved in the provinces of Drente and Groningen , one of which has been converted into a museum. In addition, there are 25 destroyed plants about which reliable information is available. Information on the research history, regional distribution and cultural classification of the graves can be found in the article Megalithic sites in the Netherlands .

In 2017, all large stone graves in the Netherlands were recorded in a 3D atlas using photogrammetry . The data were obtained from the Gratama Foundation through a collaboration between the Province of Drente and the University of Groningen .

List of graves

Preserved graves

No. dig place Coordinates province Type Stones Remarks image
D1 Great stone grave Steenbergen Noordenveld , OT Steenbergen 53.104782 ° N

6.410488 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		24 Great stone grave Steenbergen (D1)
D2 Great stone grave Westervelde Noordenveld , OT Westervelde 53.055741 ° N

6.445828 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		14th Great stone grave Westervelde (D2)
D3 Great stone grave Midlaren 1 ("Hunenborg") Tynaarlo , OT Midlaren 53.107785 ° N

6.671518 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		22nd Midlaren 1 (D3)
D4 Great stone grave Midlaren 2 ("Hunenborg") Tynaarlo , OT Midlaren 53.107792 ° N

6.671799 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		not specified Midlaren 2 (D4)
D5 Passage grave of Zeijen Tynaarlo , OT Zeijen 53.061846 ° N

6.6531359 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		14th Great stone grave Zeijen (D5)
D6 Great stone grave Tynaarlo Tynaarlo , OT Tynaarlo 53.074638 ° N

6,629476 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		11 Great stone grave Tynaarlo (D6)
D7 Great stone tomb Schipborg Aa en Hunze , OT Schipborg 53.061100 ° N

6.684567 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		18th Great stone grave Anloo 1 (D7)
D8 Great stone grave Anloo-Noord 1 Aa en Hunze , OT Anloo 53.059778 ° N.

6,699269 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		15th Great stone grave Anloo 2 (D8)
D9 Great stone grave Annen Aa en Hunze , OT Annen 53.061558 ° N

6.715582 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		8th Great stone grave Annen (D9)
D10 Great stone grave in Gasteren Aa en Hunze , OT Gasteren 53.042513 ° N

6.657965 ° E

Drenthe probably passage grave 11 Great stone grave in Gasteren (D10)
D11 Great stone grave Anloo-Zuid Aa en Hunze , OT Anloo 53.030280 ° N

6.708039 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		18th Great stone grave Anloo 3 (D11)
D12 Great stone grave Eext-Es Aa en Hunze , OT Eext 53.014839 ° N

6.723764 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		7th Great stone grave Eext 1 (D12)
D13 Great stone grave Eext (stair grave by Eext, "Eexter grafkelder", "Stemberg") Aa en Hunze , OT Eext 53.011262 ° N

6.727011 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( trapgraf ) 		9 The entrance had a staircase construction unique in the Netherlands Great stone grave Eext 2 (D13)
D14 Great stone grave Eexter received Aa en Hunze , OT Eext 53.001632 ° N

6.730613 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		39 Great stone grave Eext 3 (D14)
D15 Great stone grave loon Assen , OT Loon 53.022703 ° N

6.61296 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		45 Large stone grave Loon (D15)
D16 Great stone grave Balloo Aa en Hunze , OT Balloo 53.000422 ° N

6,618905 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		32 Great stone grave Balloo (D16)
D17 Large stone grave Rolde 1 Aa en Hunze , OT Rolde 52.990206 ° N

6.644510 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		35 Large stone grave Rolde 1 (D17)
D18 Large stone grave Rolde 2 Aa en Hunze , OT Rolde 52.989577 ° N

6,649203 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		27 Large stone grave Rolde 2 (D18)
D19 Large stone grave Drouwen 1 Borger-Odoorn , OT Drouwen 52.952080 ° N

6.785445 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		36 Large stone grave Drouwen 1 (D19)
D20 Large stone grave Drouwen 2 Borger-Odoorn , OT Drouwen 52.951996 ° N

6.785857 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		38 Large stone grave Drouwen (D20)
D21 Great stone grave Bronneger 1 Borger-Odoorn , OT Bronneger 52.944145 ° N

6,800,340 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		13 Great stone grave Bronneger 1 (D21)
D22 Great stone grave Bronneger 2 Borger-Odoorn , OT Bronneger 52.944293 ° N.

6,800519 ° E

Drenthe probably passage grave 7th Great stone grave Bronneger 2 (D22)
D23 Great stone grave Bronneger 3 Borger-Odoorn , OT Bronneger 52.944759 ° N

6.802688 ° E

Drenthe probably passage grave 7th Great stone grave Bronneger 3 (D23)
D24 Great stone grave Bronneger 4 Borger-Odoorn , OT Bronneger 52.944678 ° N

6.802528 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		10 Great stone grave Bronneger 4 (D24)
D25 Great stone grave Bronneger 5 Borger-Odoorn , OT Bronneger 52.94449 ° N

6.802913 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		14th Great stone grave Bronneger 5 (D25)
D26 Large stone grave Drouwenerveld Borger-Odoorn , OT Drouwen 52.943164 ° N

6.774601 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		32 Large stone grave Drouwen 3 (D26)
D27 Great stone grave Borger Borger-Odoorn , OT Borger 52.930293 ° N

6.797741 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		47 Large stone grave with the longest burial chamber in the Netherlands (22.6 m) Great stone grave Borger 1 (D27)
D28 Big stone grave Buinen-Nord Borger-Odoorn , OT Borger 52.926031 ° N

6.811323 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		13 In Borger-Odoorn, outside Borger in the direction of OT Buinen Great stone grave Borger 2 (D28)
D29 Large stone grave Buinen-Süd Borger-Odoorn , OT Borger 52.925654 ° N

6.811472 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		13 In Borger-Odoorn, outside Borger in the direction of OT Buinen Great stone grave Borger 3 (D29)
D30 Great stone grave Exloo-Noord Borger-Odoorn , OT Exloo 52.891618 ° N

6.845913 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		14th Great stone grave Exloo 1 (D30)
D31 Large stone grave Exloo-Zuid Borger-Odoorn , OT Exloo 52.867754 ° N

6,870958 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		8th In Borger-Odoorn, outside Exloo in the direction of OT Valthe Great stone grave Exloo 2 (D31)
D32 Great stone grave of Odoorn Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn 52.856880 ° N

6.839415 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		13 Great stone grave Odoorn 1 (D32)
D34 Great stone grave Valthe-West Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn 52.842642 ° N

6.867518 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		16 Great stone grave Odoorn 2 (D34)
D35 Large stone grave Valthe-Zuidwest Borger-Odoorn , OT Valthe 52.835126 ° N

6.870747 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		13 Great stone grave Valthe 1 (D35)
D36 Great stone grave Valthe-Oost 2 Borger-Odoorn , OT Valthe 52.839763 ° N

6.895022 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		17th Great stone grave Valthe 2 (D36)
D37 Great stone grave Valthe-Oost 1 Borger-Odoorn , OT Valthe 52.839780 ° N

6.894646 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		16 Great stone grave Valthe 3 (D37)
D38 Great stone grave Emmerveld 1 Emmen 52.811398 ° N

6.887599 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave 14th Great stone grave Emmen 1 (D38)
D39 Great stone grave Emmerveld 2 Emmen 52.811073 ° N

6.887535 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave 9 Great stone grave Emmen 2 (D39)
D40 Great stone grave Emmerveld 3 Emmen 52.810875 ° N

6.888266 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		9 Great stone grave Emmen 3 (D40)
D41 Great stone grave in Emmen-Noord Emmen 52.799942 ° N

6.885891 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		14th Great stone grave Emmen 4 (D41)
D42 Great stone grave in Westenesch-Noord Emmen 52.795875 ° N

6.870413 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		19th the only large stone grave in the Netherlands with three pairs of gangue stones Great stone grave Emmen 5 (D42)
D43 Great stone grave Emmen-Schimmeres Emmen 52.793259 ° N

6.887229 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave (2 ×)
( long graph ) 		unknown two passage graves in a barren bed, largest facility in the Netherlands (total length 40.3 m) Great stone grave Emmen 6 (D43)
D44 Great stone grave in Westenesch Emmen 52.787722 ° N

6.872212 ° E

Drenthe unknown 6th Great stone grave Emmen 7 (D44)
D45 Great stone grave Emmerdennen Emmen 52.791615 ° N

6.907649 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		44 Great stone grave Emmen 8 (D45)
D46 Great stone grave Angelslo-Noord Emmen 52.783849 ° N

6.935673 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		16 Great stone grave Emmen 9 (D46)
D47 Big stone grave Angelslo-Zuid Emmen 52.781137 ° N

6.937801 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage) 		11 Great stone grave Emmen 10 (D47)
D49 De Papeloze Kerk or (Schoonoord large stone grave) Coevorden , OT Schoonoord 52.819964 ° N

6.773979 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		Number added The grave was restored in 1959 using the stones from grave D33. Large stone grave Schoonoord (D49)
D50 Great stone grave Noord-Sleen-Nord Coevorden , OT Noord-Sleen 52.796033 ° N

6.787164 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		38 Great stone grave Noord-Sleen 1 (D50)
D51 Great stone grave Noord-Sleen-Süd Coevorden , OT Noord-Sleen 52.794767 ° N

6.786489 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		19th Great stone grave Noord-Sleen 2 (D51)
D52 Great stone grave Diever Westerveld , OT Diever 52.858992 ° N

6.331083 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		22nd Great stone grave Diever (D52)
D53 Great stone grave Havelte 1 Westerveld , OT Havelte 52.792567 ° N

6.218164 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		64 Great stone grave Havelte 1 (D53)
D54 Great stone grave Havelte 2 Westerveld , OT Havelte 52.792621 ° N

6.220494 ° E

Drenthe Passage grave
( gear graf ) 		25th Great stone grave Havelte 2 (D54)
G1 Passage grave of Noordlaren Groningen , OT Noordlaren 53.115746 ° N

6.659164 ° E

Groningen Passage grave
( portaalgraf ) 		7th Great stone grave Noordlaren (G1)

Relocated graves

No. dig place province Type Stones Remarks image
G5 Heveskesklooster stone grave Delfzijl (Heveskesklooster) Groningen Large dolmen 7th Excavated in 1982 and moved to the museum aquarium in Delfzijl Great stone grave Heveskesklooster (G5)

Destroyed graves

No. dig place province Type Stones Remarks image
D6a Great stone grave Tynaarlo 2 Tynaarlo , OT Tynaarlo Drenthe Passage grave
(without passage)
D8a Great stone grave Anloo-Noord 2 Aa en Hunze , OT Anloo Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D8b Great stone grave Anloo-Noord 3 Aa en Hunze , OT Anloo Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D13b Great stone grave Eext 4 Aa en Hunze , OT Eext Drenthe Passage grave or stone box
D13c Great stone grave Eext 5 Aa en Hunze , OT Eext Drenthe Passage grave or stone box
D32a Odoorn-Westeres large stone grave Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D32c Odoorn-Noorderveld large stone grave 1 Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D32d Odoorn-Noorderveld large stone grave 2 Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D33 Great stone grave Valthe-Valtherveld Borger-Odoorn , OT Valthe Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave) 9 The grave was demolished in 1955 to use the stones for the restoration of grave D49.
D35a Great stone grave Valthe-Valtherspaan Borger-Odoorn , OT Valthe Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave) possibly two graves in this place
D37a Weerdinge stone grave Emmen , OT Weerdinge Drenthe Large stone grave or stone box
D39a Great stone grave Emmerveld 4 Emmen Drenthe Large stone grave or stone box
D43a Great stone grave emmer it Emmen Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D44a Zaalhof large stone grave Emmen Drenthe unknown
D52a Großsteingrab Wapse (Großsteingrab Diever-Wapse, "Berkenheuvel", "Pottiesbargien") Westerveld , OT Wapse Drenthe Passage grave
D54a Great stone grave Spier Midden-Drenthe , OT Spier Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
D54b Great stone grave Hooghalen 1 Midden-Drenthe , OT Hooghalen Drenthe Passage grave
D54c Great stone grave Hooghalen 2 Midden-Drenthe , OT Hooghalen Drenthe unknown (probably passage grave)
G2 Great stone grave Glimmen 1 Groningen , OT Glimmen Groningen Passage grave
G3 Great stone grave glimmer 2 Groningen , OT Glimmen Groningen Passage grave Great stone grave Glimmen 2 (G3)
G4 Great stone grave Onnen Groningen , OT Onnen Groningen unknown Location localized, surface finds in the 1960s, geophysical surveys and excavations 2011–2014 Great stone grave Onnen (G4)
O1 Steenwijkerwold stone grave Steenwijkerland , OT Steenwijkerwold Overijssel unknown (probably passage grave) probably destroyed in the 1840s; Excavation in 1918 and 1985 Steenwijkerwold stone grave (O!)
O2 Great stone grave Mander Tubbergen , OT Mander Overijssel Passage grave Excavation in 1957 and 1995 Great stone grave Mander (O2)

Questionable megalithic graves

No. dig place province Type Stones Remarks image
U1 Great stone grave at Vuursche Baarn , OT location Vuursche Utrecht unknown 4th

Wrongly classified as a megalithic tomb

No. dig place province Type Stones Remarks image
D13a Stone box from Eexterhalte Aa en Hunze , OT Eext (Eexter received) Drenthe Stone box
D31a Stone box from Exloo-Zuiderveld Borger-Odoorn , OT Exloo Drenthe Stone box
D32b - Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn Drenthe - Non-existent, alleged finds come from D32d
D48 - Emmen- North Barge Drenthe - 1 A single stone under which Van Giffen mistakenly suspected a large stone grave
F1 Stone box in the Rijsterbos De Fryske Marren , OT Rijs Friesland Stone box Originally regarded as a large stone grave, now identified as a stone box Rijs Stone Chest (G1)

See also

literature

Complete overview

  • Th. J. ten Anscher: Een inventarisatie van de documentatie relevant de Nederlandse hunebedden . RAAP Foundation, Amsterdam 1988.
  • Jan Albert Bakker : A list of the extant and formerly present hunebedden in the Netherlands . In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 30, 1988, pp. 63-72 ( online ).
  • Jan Albert Bakker: The Dutch Hunebedden. Megalithic Tombs of the Funnel Beaker Culture . International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor 1992, ISBN 1-87962-102-9 .
  • Jan Albert Bakker: Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911. From 'Giant's Beds' and 'Pillars of Hercules' to accurate investigations . Sidestone Press, Leiden 2010, ISBN 9789088900341 ( online version ).
  • Barbara Fritsch et al .: Density Centers and Local Groups - A Map of the Great Stone Graves of Central and Northern Europe. In: www.jungsteinsite.de. October 20, 2010 ( PDF; 1.6 MB , XLS; 1.4 MB ).
  • Albert Egges van Giffen : De Hunebedden in Nederland , 3 volumes. Oosthoek, Utrecht 1925.
  • Evert van Ginkel : De Hunebedden. Gids En Geschiedenis Van Nederlands Oudste Monuments . Drents Museum, 1980, ISBN 978-9070884185 .
  • Evert van Ginkel, Sake Jager, Wijnand van der Sanden: Hunebedden. Monuments van een Steentijdcultuur . Uniepers, Abcoude 2005, ISBN 90-6825-333-6 .
  • RHJ Klok: Hunebedden in Nederland. Zorgen voor tomorrow. Fibula-Van Dishoeck, Haarlem 1979.
  • G. de Leeuw: Onze hunebedden. Gids before Drentse hunebedden en de Trechterbekerkultuur . Flint 'Nhoes, Borger 1984.
  • William Collings Lukis : Report on the hunebedden of Drenthe, Netherlands. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 2nd series. Volume 8, 1878, pp. 47-55 ( online ).
  • Wijnand van der Sanden, Hans Dekker: Gids voor de hunebedden in Drenthe en Groningen . WBooks, Zwolle 2012, ISBN 978-9040007040 .

Individual graves

  • Jan Albert Bakker: Het hunebed G1 te Noordlaren. In: Groningse Volksalmanak. 1982-1983 (1983), pp. 113-200.
  • Jan Albert Bakker: Augustus 1856: George ten Berge tekent de hunebedden bij Schoonoord, Noord-Sleen en Rolde. In: Nieuwe Drentse Volksalmanak. Volume 129, 2012, pp. 211-223.
  • H. Bouman: Twee vernielde Hunebedden te Hooghalen. Dissertation, Groningen 1985.
  • Anna L. Brindley : The Finds from Hunebed G3 on the Glimmer Es, mun. of Haren, province of Groningen, The Netherlands. In: Helinium. Volume 23, 1983, pp. 209-216 ( online ).
  • Anna L. Brindley: Hunebed G2: excavation and finds. In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 28, 1986, pp. 27-92 ( online ).
  • Albert Egges van Giffen: Een vernield hunebed DXLIIa, het zoogenaamde Pottiesbargien, in het (vroegere) Wapserveld bij Diever, acc. The Ver. In Nieuwe Drentse Volksalmanak. Volume 64, 1946, pp. 61-71.
  • Albert Egges van Giffen: Een reconstrueerd hunebed. Het gereconstrueerde ganggraf D49, "De Papeloze Kerk" bij Schoonoord, acc. Sleen, prov. Drente. In: Nieuwe Drentse Volksalmanak. Volume 81, 1961, pp. 189-198.
  • Albert Egges van Giffen: Restauratie en onderzoek van het langgraf (D43) te Emmen (Dr.). In: Helinium. Volume 2, 1964, pp. 104-114.
  • Henny Groenendijk: De herontdekking van het hunebed op de Onner es. In: Historically jaarboek Groningen. 2014. p. 138.
  • HA Groenendijk, JN Lanting, H. Woldring: The search for the lost large stone grave G4 'Onner es' (Onnen, Prov. Groningen). In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 55/56, 2013/14, pp. 57-84 ( online ).
  • Jan Hendrik Holwerda : Two giant rooms near Drouwen (Prov. Drente) in Holland. In: Prehistoric Journal. Volume 5, 1913, pp. 435-448.
  • Jan Hendrik Holwerda: The big stone grave near Emmen (Prov. Drente) in Holland. In: Prehistoric Journal. Volume 6, 1914, pp. 57-67.
  • EC Hopman: A biography of D49, the “Papeloze Kerk” (Schoonoord, Dr.) ( full text )
  • Jan N. Lanting: Het na-onderzoek van het vernielde hunebed D31a bij Exlo (Dr.). In: Paleo-Aktueel. Vol. 5, 1994, pp. 39-42 ( online ).
  • Jan N. Lanting: Het zogenaamde hunebed van Rijs (Fr.). In: Paleo-Aktueel. Volume 8, 1997, pp. 47-50.
  • Jan N. Lanting, Anna L. Brindley : The destroyed hunebed O2 and the adjacent TRB flat cemetery at Mander (Gem. Tubbergen, province Overijssel). In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 45/46, 2003/2004 (2004), pp. 59-94 ( online ).
  • W. Meeüsen: Het verdwenen hunebed D54a bij Spier, acc. Hatching. Dissertation, Groningen 1983.
  • Wijnand van der Sanden : Reuzenstenen op de es. De Hunebedden van Rolde. Waanders, Zwolle 2007, ISBN 978-90-400-8367-9 .
  • Wijnand van der Sanden: Een hunebed in een park - Een bijdrage tot de biography van het grote hunebed van Borger. In: Waardeel. Volume 31 (1), 2011, pp. 1-5 ( online ).
  • A. Ufkes: De inventarisatie van Hunebed 02 van Mander. Dissertation, Groningen 1992.

Web links

Commons : Great stone tombs in the Netherlands  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Groningen Institute of archealogy