Megalithic systems in the Schieringer Forest
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 13 '56.5 " N , 10 ° 49' 1.3" E | ||
| place | Barskamp , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 706-708 | ||
The megalithic systems in the Schieringer Forest are located in Barskamp in the town of Bleckede in the Lüneburg district in Lower Saxony . They originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) bear the Sprockhoff numbers. 706-708 and have been preserved to varying degrees. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.
location
The megalithic systems are located southeast of Barskamp , in the forest south of Walmsburger Straße (L231) to Walmsburg . Shortly after each other, there are two parking spaces for hikers on the street, from which the three facilities can be reached.
description
Barskamp plant 1
To the southwest of the "first parking lot" (from Barskamp) is a roughly 60 meter long, roughly west-east oriented, rectangular barren bed with the Sprockhoff no. 706
The almost complete and in situ edging stones enclose an approximately one meter high mound of earth. A single guard stone stands upright in front of the line of flight of the southern long side at the west end . The chamber disturbed to the east is near the east end of the bed. It still has five bearing stones and three cap stones that fell into the chamber. Ernst Sprockhoff suspected that it originally had four cap stones.
Barskamp plant 2
The second, about 45 meters long east-west oriented trapezoidal barren bed (Sprockhoff no. 708) is located southwest of the second parking lot. Here, too, almost all of the bordering stones have been preserved and border the stately mound of earth. All 14 bearing stones and one cap stone of the long chamber at the west end of the bed are still in situ . There are three more capstones next to the chamber. Ernst Sprockhoff believes that access to the chamber on the north side in a gap between the supporting stones is possible.
In 1876 the chamber was examined by J. H. Müller. A floor paving was uncovered. In addition, ash deposits , remains of vessels, glowed flint stones and a large fire place that was surrounded by finely split pieces of granite were discovered. The finds are lost.
South of the barren bed is the steep burial mound called “sacrificial mountain”, about four meters high. Perhaps the flattening of its top did not take place until the 20th century, because it is given higher in old reports. Due to its size, it can be assumed that it contains a stone chamber.
Barskamp plant 3
The remains of the large stone grave (Sprockhoff No. 707) are roughly in the middle between the two giant beds. The system is so badly disturbed that no determination is possible.
Further megalithic systems are located in the northern part of the Schieringer Forest, among them there is a primeval dolmen in the short barren bed.
See also
literature
- G. Körner & Friedrich Laux : Prehistory in the district of Lüneburg . 1971, p. 23 u. 87.
- Michael Martin Lienau: About megalithic graves and other grave forms in the Lüneburg area. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1914.
- F. Krüger: Megalithic graves in the Bleckede, Dannenberg, Lüneburg and Winsen ad Luhe districts. In: New news from Lower Saxony 1.1927, 20 - 31.
- JH Müller & J. Reimers: Prehistoric and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Hannover 1893, p. 142 ( PDF; 25.0 MB ).
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , pp. 44-45.
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15