Mehringer stones
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 Large stone grave Mehringer stones 1 |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 22 '24 " N , 7 ° 18' 36.1" E | ||
| place | Mehringen , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 879-881 | ||
The Mehringer stones are three Neolithic passage graves with the Sprockhoff numbers 879-881 lying close together . Two of the three passage graves are relatively badly damaged. They originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. And are megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands. 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 Mehringer stones are located in Mehringen , a district of the municipality Emsbüren in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony . You are about one kilometer southwest of the village on the K327 from Emsbüren to the south. According to a report from 1928, all three plants were surrounded by bezels.
Mehringer stones I
The damaged system with Sprockhoff no. 879 is the northernmost. Of the 12.3 meter long and 1.2 to 2.0 meter wide chamber, 14 of the 16 supporting stones have been preserved. There are four cap stones, one of which is damaged, of an unknown original number. Access to the chamber cannot be made out. You can still see the 22 × 18 meter hill. A remote stone could have come from the edging.
Mehringer stones II
The northeast-southwest oriented Emsland Chamber with the Sprockhoff no. 880 is relatively well preserved. Your entrance, about three meters long, was probably on the south side. Most of the supporting stones of the 20.5 meter long double trapezoid chamber are in situ . Of the once eleven cap stones, two are absent. A capstone has a length of 3.5 meters, a width of 2.3 meters and a thickness of 1.6 meters and is particularly large. The clear width of the chamber is 1.8 meters in the middle and 1.4 meters at both ends. Of the stones in the oval surround, 23 remain, not all of them in situ.
Mehringer stones III
From the severely disturbed southern grave with the Sprockhoff no. 881 there are seven edging stones, four cap stones and two bearing stones. The chamber is still embedded deep in the mound of earth.
See also
literature
- Mamoun Fansa : large stone graves between Weser and Ems . Isensee Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-118-5 , p. 78.
- 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. 110-111.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15