Urdolmen from Neu Gaarz
The Urdolmen of Neu Gaarz in the municipality of Rerik in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is a north-south oriented dolmen with a 1.9 m long corridor with the Sprockhoff no. 326. The complex was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) and lies in a field on the road from Rerik to the district of Meschendorf, about 1.2 km behind Rerik.
The chamber of the megalithic of New Gaarz is 2.8 m long, 1.5 m wide and 1.3 m in height for a Simple dolmen , which is characterized by the lateral position of its supporting stones, exceptionally large (the largest known Simple dolmen).
The inclined corridor, which is unusually long for Urdolmen, is also a special feature. It is 1.9 m long, about 0.8 m wide and just as high and consisted of four bearing stones and two cap stones, which are now next to the corridor. Originally the chamber and corridor were covered by a round stone mound. There are eight bowls on the only capstone of the chamber and 12 bowls on one of the three bearing stones .
During the archaeological investigation by Ewald Schuldt in 1967 , six pieces of broken glass, two blades , two cross-cutters , a shoulder vessel and a flat ax were found.
See also
- Urdolmen from Neu Gaarz
Construction of the 18 Urdolmen examined by E. Schuldt
literature
- Ewald Schuldt : Two ancient dolmens with a corridor from Mechelsdorf and Neu Gaarz, Bad Doberan district. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1968. 1970, pp. 179-189.
- Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. In: Ewald Schuldt: Contributions to the prehistory and early history of the districts of Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg , Volume 6, VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 8.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ 13.4 ″ N , 11 ° 38 ′ 40.4 ″ E