Bentstreek stone circle
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 24 '20.6 " N , 7 ° 49' 11.8" E | ||
| place | Friedeburg , Wittmund district , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
The Bentstreek stone circle (also called Der Hunt ) is a prehistoric stone circle near Bentstreek , a district of Friedeburg in the Wittmund district , Lower Saxony .
location
The stone circle is located northwest of Bentstreek at the confluence of the Hunter Weg in the Dreibückenweg.
description
The circle consists of six upright, rounded stones. In the middle is a much larger, columnar stone that ends in a point. No information is available on the material of the stones. The central stone has a height of 1.5 m , a width of 0.9 m and a thickness of 0.55 m. One of the outer stones has a height of 0.9 m , a width of 0.7 m and a thickness of 0.46 m. The stone circle was reconstructed in 1978.
literature
- Karl-Heinz de Wall: Old stones tell: The miracle healer and the devilish fox hunt on Good Friday (= home by the sea. ) Volume 20, Wilhelmshavener Zeitung, October 6, 2001.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 214-215, 226.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: The Hunt