Schnellert (pseudodolmen)
The Schnellert is a pseudo-dolmen in the forest of the same name between Berdorf and Mullerthal near Echternach in Luxembourg .
The pseudo- dolmen is a natural, coincidentally formed structure made of stone blocks, reminiscent of a dolmen, as it is known from various regions ( Cova d'en Genís , Dolmen von Busnela , Dolmen von Chevresse , Dolmen von Solwaster , Pierre au Rey , La Table des Géants in Reinhardsmunster and L'autel des Druides in Pfaffenheim (both in the Haut-Rhin department and Sparossino in Liguria ).
A rectangular niche about 50 centimeters wide, two meters long and one meter high is closed on three sides by boulders. On the fourth side it leaves a narrow entrance open. The niche is covered by a huge stone. During the first excavation in 1908 by Nicolas van Werveke , the structure was called a dolmen. A second excavation took place in 2000. In the pseudo-dolmen were around 2700 BC. A grown man and a child of about 12 years are buried. Apparently the dolmen shape inspired the Neolithic people to use the place.
literature
- Paulke, Matthias: Archaeological tour through Luxembourg. Luxembourg 2019, pp. 34–35.
- François Valotteau, Michel Toussaint and Foni Le Brun-Ricalens: Le pseudo-dolmen du Schnellert, commune de Berdorf (Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) - état de la question à l'issue de la campagne de fouille 2000. In: Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Luxembourgeoise 22 (2002), pp. 131-161.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 6 ° 19 ′ 5.5 ″ E