Dahrendorf stone circle

The stone circle of Dahrendorf was a stone circle near Dahrendorf , a district of Dehre in Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt .

Location and description

The stone circle was on the Lehnekenberg near Dahrendorf, which has been largely removed by gravel mining. The stone circle consisted of a large, central stone made of granite , which was surrounded by several small stones. The large stone was called "Lehnekenstein". A menhir at Bonese that still exists today bears the same name . In 1854 the stone circle of Dahrendorf was destroyed. The central stone was split and built into the foundation of a house.

The area around the stone circle served as a settlement and burial site at least from the Bronze Age and until the late Roman Empire . A pre-Roman Iron Age cremation cemetery was partially excavated in the mid-19th century.

In 1995 a menhir was set up in neighboring Kortenbeck , which originally came from near the Lehnekenberg. It may be a remnant of the stone circle.

literature

• Lothar Mittag: The Lehnekenstein near Bonese - a prehistoric menhir and the Lehnekenberg near Dahrendorf / Gröningen (Altmarkkreis Salzwedel). In: Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag: Großsteingraves der Altmark . State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt and State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-939414-03-4 , p. 177.