Merelmerskhoog
| Merelmerskhoog Middelmarschhoog | |||
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 Merelmerskhoog |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 51 '53.5 " N , 8 ° 22' 24.5" E | ||
| place | Archsum , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 and 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 6th | ||
The Merelmerskhoog is a well-preserved Nordic passage grave . It is located southwest of Archsum on the island of Sylt and belongs to the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein . There it lies in the remainder of a round hill about 15 m in diameter, directly in the inner rampart of the Nössedeich . The people of Sylt call this place in Sylt Frisian Mootjis Küül , "Grandmother's Kuhle". The grave was excavated and examined by Gottfried Heinrich Handelmann in 1877 .
In Ernst Sprockhoff's "Atlas of Germany's Megalithic Tombs" the passage grave is listed as "Sprockhoff No. 6". The megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) was created between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr.
The chamber
The megalithic burial chamber is oriented in a north-south direction and consists of four bearing stones on the long sides and two stones on the narrow sides. There are four capstones on top of the chamber, the middle ones are slightly displaced. The size of the chamber is 5.3 × 1.5 m. The 3.5 m long corridor begins in the middle of the eastern long side and consists of three pairs of stones with corresponding cap stones.
Others
There are slightly different spellings. In Ernst Sprockhoff's "Atlas of Germany's Megalithic Tombs " this grave is called Merelmeershoog . Another name is Middelmarschhoog . The large stone grave Kolkingehoog Archsum is located 1000 meters southeast in the Wadden Sea .
See also
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany - Schleswig-Holstein . Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 2.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ biologiezentrum.at (PDF file; 452 kB)