Kleinenknetener Steine 2 is the only known megalithic tomb in Lower Saxony with three burial chambers. Since the middle is slightly smaller than the two outer, one suspects that first the two outer grave chambers were built as separate graves, which by building another chamber in between grow together as a large hunebed. The Hunebed is oriented in northeast-southwest direction and has a length of 34 meters and is 8 meters wide.
Although the megalithic tomb looks well preserved today, numerous capstones have drilled holes.
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Posted by Nucleus
30th October 2018ce
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After the excavation work in 1936/37 Kleinenknetener Steine 1, has been restored, as it may have looked 5,000 years ago. The approximately north-south oriented passage grave has a complete enclosure (the Hunebed) and consists of 85 boulders and a covering mound, which includes 1,200 m³ of earth. It was calculated that this task could be done with 100 men at ten working hours per day in 3.5 months.
The Hunebed is 49 meters long and 7 meters wide. Almost all the stones have been preserved. In the middle, the chamber is in the same orientation as the Hunebed. The burial chamber is framed by eleven stones carrying one original and two complementary capstones.
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