Menhirs and stone circle from Feldberg
The menhirs and the stone circle of Feldberg are located in the Feldberger Hütte forest, in the Feldberg district, in the Feldberger Seenlandschaft municipality in the east of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . In the vicinity there are prehistoric loops made of head-sized stones, which are rare in Germany, in contrast to Scandinavia .
Menhirs in the narrower sense are unknown in northeast Germany. However, H.-J. Beier has 28 monoliths in central Germany, including 7 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. There are a number of stone circles near the Baltic Sea . Some date from the Iron Age and are associated with burials.
Menhir 1
The 1.5 m high monolith is probably a grave stele that belongs to a Bronze Age burial mound . The archaeologists found a flint grindstone at the nearby Sprockfitzsee .
Location: 53 ° 21 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 46.4 ″ E
Menhir 2
The smallest monolith is probably also a stele that belongs to a Bronze Age burial mound. He stands near menhir 3.
Location: 53 ° 21 ′ 15.1 ″ N , 13 ° 25 ′ 23.7 ″ E
Menhir 3
The approximately 2.0 m high monolith is probably another grave stele that belongs to a Bronze Age burial mound.
Location: 53 ° 21 ′ 23.4 ″ N , 13 ° 25 ′ 10.6 ″ E
Stone circle
The stone circle made of small stones has a diameter of 12 m. It was probably originally the edge of a bronze age mound that had died out. Some smaller stone circles are nearby. 53 ° 21 '6.1 " N , 13 ° 24' 57.8" E
See also
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. In: Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1, Wilkau-Haßlau 1991.
- Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 156–193.
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