Megalithic site in Waabs-Karlsminde
The megalithic complex of Waabs-Karlsminde is a well restored Neolithic megalithic complex . The barren bed of Waabs in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein contains the remains of three transverse rectangular pillars . It has the Sprockhoff no. 66, was created between 3500 and 2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
From 1976 to 1978 the facility was examined and restored by the Working Group for Prehistory and Early History of the Heimatgemeinschaft Eckernförde eV under the supervision of the State Office for Prehistory and Early History, Schleswig (LVF).
Edging
Most of the 108 stones in the east-west edging of the rectangular long bed were preserved. The places where the stones were missing could be identified by their foundations. Some were in situ on the south side . Most of the curbs, however, were tilted outwards and were covered by the spreading mound. After the reconstruction / restoration, the border measured 57.0 × 5.3 m. The stones reach a height of up to 2.5 m. In the intact area there were remains of the intermediate brickwork with clay plaster. Under three gussets were found grinding stones . A curb has a bowl . The north-west of the facility was disturbed by a marl hollow.
- Megalithic site in Waabs-Karlsminde
Outline sketch of a barrow with dolmen; Arrangement at Waabs on the right
Lengths of the borders in Schleswig-Holstein
The three dolmens (1 = west, 2 = middle, 3 = east). lie across in the long bed, with the access in the south. Dolmen 2 was only discovered in the course of the restoration, which also showed that this dolmen was originally located in a round hill, which was later integrated into the long bed.
Dolmen 1 (west)
The dolmen has two bearing stones on each long side, an end stone and a half-height entry stone, as well as a large and a small cap stone. The little one was split and slipped into the chamber. The interior dimensions of the slightly trapezoidal, 1.1 m high chamber are 2.1 × 1.4 m (slightly angled in the access area). The pavement made of stones the size of a fist or a double fist lay under a pile of burnt flint .
Finds
Five cross-edged arrowheads , a flint knife, and shards from a funnel cup were found on the pavement .
Dolmen 2 (middle)
The exactly rectangular dolmen has two bearing stones on each long side; an end stone and a half-height entry stone. The capstone (s) is missing. Inside the area is 2.2 × 1.15 m and the height 1.35 m. Stones were found in the entrance area with which the access opening was probably originally closed. The arched pavement was covered with clay screed, which showed severe scorch marks. There was a 5 cm thick layer of burned flint on top.
Finds
The chamber was filled with well-solidified clay covered with a layer of humus. Larger stones were found in the upper area of the backfill. In one corner was a fragment of an amber pearl in the bed. Outside the chamber, a millstone was found right next to the entrance.
Dolmen 3 (east)
The almost square dolmen has seven bearing stones. Two were split from one block. A larger and a smaller bearing stone each form the long sides, the larger ones are in the north. On the north side there are two end stones of about the same width. In the western half of the access side there is a so-called half stone (end stone that is half the width of the chamber), next to it a half-height entry stone. A single large capstone (2.7 × 2.8 × 1.0 m), parts of which have blown off so that it no longer rests securely, covers the chamber. The internal dimensions are 2.1 × 2.0 m; the height is 1.4 m. At the northeast corner remains of the intermediate masonry were preserved. The pavement has a 2-5 cm thick clay screed with scorch marks under the 5 cm thick fill of annealed flint. At the bottom there was a layer of sand.
Finds
The upper 1.15 m of the dolmen was filled with loose humus; underneath it was a solid 0.25 m thick layer of humus and clay. No finds were made.
Outdoor area
The excavated earth was interspersed with charcoal and layers of fire in the entire excavation area. Outside the chambers, cuts and individual flint tools (various scrapers , drills and core stones ) were recovered . On the north side of the complex was a cut fragment of a hatchet. Five millstones were found in the mound. Between dolmens 2 and 3, fragments of an urn from the younger Bronze Age with a corpse burn were found on the southern border in a destroyed stone setting . Burnt flint and shards were found south of Dolmen 3 (two Neolithic, some from the Bronze Age, but mostly Iron Age). In the area of the Mergelkuhle seven pits with finds from the earlier imperial era were discovered under the topsoil .
See also
literature
- Jürgen Hoika : Funnel Beaker Culture - Megalithic Culture? In: Karl W. Beinhauer (Ed.): Studies on megalithics . = The megalithic phenomenon . State of research and ethnoarchaeological perspectives. Beier & Beran, Mannheim et al. 1999, ISBN 3-930036-36-3 , ( contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe . 21).
- Joachim Reichstein: The barren bed of Karlsminde . In: Archeology in Germany 1985, ISSN 0176-8522 , pp. 10-11.
- Jutta Roß: Megalithic graves in Schleswig-Holstein. Investigations into the structure of the tombs based on recent excavation findings . Kovač, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-86064-046-1 , (also: Hamburg, Univ., Master's thesis, 1987).
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 22.
Web links
- Cornelius Holtorf: Past that does not pass: The prehistoric barrow of Waabs (-Karlsminde) and its meanings today. Article from: Archäologische Nachrichten aus Schleswig-Holstein. 6, 1995.
- The Karlsminde long bed on Grosssteingraeber.de
Coordinates: 54 ° 30 ′ 20.7 " N , 9 ° 55 ′ 23.8" E