Rillenstein from Daudieck
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 30 '1.9 " N , 9 ° 33' 1.9" E | ||
| place | Horneburg , Stade district , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
The Rillenstein von Daudieck is a prehistoric Rillenstein and menhir near the Daudieck estate near Horneburg in the Stade district , Lower Saxony .
location
The stone is located northwest of the estate in a small wooded area in a private cemetery. There is a Neolithic burial ground in the vicinity .
description
The stone is columnar and is made of red granite . It has a height of 1.16 m, a width of 0.81 m and a thickness of 0.64 m. In the lower area, a groove with a width of 3 cm and a depth of 6 cm runs around half the stone.
The menhir has been converted into a modern tombstone . One side was smoothed and an inscription for the Oberregierungsrat Franz von Holleuffer was added.
literature
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 201, 228–229.
- Detlef Schünemann : News from grooved and gutter stones. Attempt to form groups based on exact profile measurements. In: The customer. NF Volume 43, 1992, 83.
- Willi Wegewitz : Rillen- und Rinnensteine: Little-noticed monuments of the past. In: Archaeological correspondence sheet. Volume 13, 1983, pp. 356-357.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Daudieck Rillenstein