Lexow polygonal dolmen
The Polygonaldolmen of Lexow , Walow municipality is located in a forest east of Lexow in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and can be reached via a concrete slab path. The megalithic system with the Sprockhoff no. 435 was created between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a large stone grave of the funnel cup culture (TBK). 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. The polygonal dolmen is a subspecies of the dolmen that occurs particularly in Denmark , Sweden and Schleswig-Holstein . Only individual specimens are known from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt ( Lüdelsen 1 ).
In the middle between Lexow and Hinrichsberg, about 40.0 m north of the Hinrichsbergerweg road in the forest, there is a polygonal spar , which is rare in Mecklenburg, with six preserved supporting stones and a gap in the area of the former access. The 2.85 × 2.45 m capstone has sunk halfway into the chamber because a bearing stone gave way.
See also
literature
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Investigations into their architecture and function (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of the districts of Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. Vol. 6, ISSN 0138-4279 ). German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, pp. 45–46.
Web links
- Description and picture
- grosssteingraeber.de: Description and picture
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15
Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 48.5 ″ N , 12 ° 31 ′ 22.3 ″ E