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Gramtitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes

Gramtitz 1 (aka Starrvitz) is a trapezoidal long barrow oriented roughly east-west. The mound has a length of 40 metres and tapers towards the east. Only a few stones are visible from enclosure, others are obviously missing, some more may still be hidden in the mound. In the western part of the mound there is probably still the completely preserved chamber, which lies transversal to the enclosure.

The grave is located about 500 metres behind Gramtitz on the left side of the road in a hill overgrown with bushes and trees directly in front of a field path branching off to the south and cannot be missed. Unfortunately, the site is quite overgrown, so that details can only be guessed at. Therefore, a visit may be more worthwhile in autumn/winter.

Visited June 2021

Gramtitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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Sassnitz-Waldhalle 2 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes

Sassnitz-Waldhalle 2 is a grand dolmen. Only three pairs of supporting stone and the end stone in the east are preserved. The entrance was probably to the west. The chamber measures about 3.50 x 1.70 metres. There are some stones scatterd around the tomb, which are probably remains of capstones.

The tomb is located northeast of Sassnitz in the middle of the Jasmund National Park. To get to the tomb start at the UNESCO World Heritage Forum Waldhalle. Take the road to the west until you came to a three way crossing. Take the left track which after 250 m first leads in a wide curve around a hill. Sassnitz-Waldhalle 2 is on the top of this hill and is hidden under dense ferns.


Visited June 2021

Sassnitz-Waldhalle 2 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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Sassnitz-Waldhalle 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes

The chamber of the megalithic tomb Sassnitz-Waldhalle 1 is oriented east-west and measures approx. 4 x 1.30 metres. The long sides each have three supporting stones. The endstone on the west side is also present. On the eastern narrow side, where the entrance was apparently located, there is a half-height stone. Two of the original three capstones lie on top. The site has presumably been reconstructed, because when Sprockhoff took his recordings in 1931, the capstones were still lying next to the chamber. A few individual stones around the chamber probably represent remains of an enclosure.

The tomb is located northeast of Sassnitz in the middle of the Jasmund National Park. To get to the tomb start at the UNESCO World Heritage Forum Waldhalle. Take the road to the west until you came to a three way crossing. Take the left track which after 250 m first leads in a wide curve around a hill with the tomb Sassnitz-Waldhalle 2. After about 600 m from the crossing you'll find a sign for Sassnitz-Waldhalle 1 on the right hand side, which lies about 50 m from the track in the forest.

Visited June 2021

taken from the on-site display board:

Megalithic tomb at the Waldhalle

At about 50 metres lies a megalithic tomb from the Neolithic period. During this time, man gradually began to settle down and raise livestock.
The megalithic tombs were built from 3,500 BC in the Funnel Beaker Culture. On Rügen, the typical construction of megalithic tombs is a grand dolmen. A grand dolmen consists of a burial chamber and a mound bed. In this case, the burial chamber consisted of three yokes. A yoke is composed of two supporting stones and a capstone lying on top of them, which are built up like a gate. The burial chamber is enclosed by stones. This forms the mound bed, which can be angular, round or oval.

In the Funnel Beaker Culture, typical grave goods were pottery sherds and stone artefacts, such as axes, arrowheads, hatchets, shavers and scrapers. As a special feature, amber beads were added. There were repeated reburials in the graves, and the existing resting places were also used from the Bronze Age to the Slavic period.

The megalithic tomb at the Waldhalle is about 5,000 years old. No excavations were carried out. The burial chamber of the grand dolmen is in good condition, which is rather rare. Three quarters of the Megalithic tombs have been destroyed in recent years. The stones were mostly used as building material by the so-called "stone beaters".

Sassnitz-Waldhalle 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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Dwasieden (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes

Dwasieden is grand dolmen with a trapezoidal long barrow oriented in a southwest-northeast direction (35 m long and 12.5 or 7.5 m wide). Towards the north-east, the enclosure becomes narrower and the stones smaller. The two large guardian stones at the south-western end are striking, but one of them has fallen over. The burial chamber at right angles to the mound bed, with its extremely rare entrance and porch to the west, is well preserved and has three pairs of supporting stones. The south-eastern endstone is also present. The entrance is clearly visible and lies on the north-western side. Two of the original three capstones lie on top, the middle one is shattered. Parts of this capstone were used for a reconstruction of the long sides of the chamber.

Dwasieden is one of the most beautiful megalithic tombs on Rügen, which makes it all the more incomprehensible that it is not signposted and no one seems to be taking care of it. So it is quite overgrown, at least in summer.

To get to the tomb, drive on the L29 road from Sassnitz to Mukran / Prora. About 750 m after you leave Sassnitz, there is a small road on the left with a sign for the golf course of Sassnitz. After 850 m you come to a kind of building yard, park here and proceed on this road for about 280 m by feet. Turn left here and walk on the edge of the fields until you come to a footpath which leads to the tomb.

Visited June 2021

Dwasieden (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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Hagen-Stubnitz — Fieldnotes

About 1 km northeast of the car park of the Stubbenkammer (Königsstuhl) visitor centre in Hagen are two megalithic graves, of which Hagen-Stublitz 1 (aka Pfenniggrab) is the better preserved and well-known grave. Both can be easily reached when visiting the Stubbenkammer Visitor Centre.

Visited June 2021

Hagen-Stubnitz 2 (Chambered Tomb) — Fieldnotes

The megalithic tomb Hagen-Stubnitz 2 is located about 300m west of Hagen-Stubnitz 1 (about 60m north of the path). Only the mound fill, as well as some larger stones of the enclosure, and two larger stones, presumably capstones, are preserved from the tomb.

Visited June 2021

Hagen-Stubnitz 2 (Chambered Tomb) — Images

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Hagen-Stubnitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes

Hagen-Stubnitz 1 (aka Pfenninggrab) is a grand dolmen with an east-west oriented chamber with three supporting stones on each of the long sides. The western capstone is also present. A capstone lies next to the grave. The chamber measures about 3.50 x 1.70 metres.

The tomb lies about 1 km north-east of the Stubbenkammer (Königsstuhl) visitor centre car park in Hagen. But it is much easier to find it if you walk from the visitor centre back to the car park. After the Herthaburg, a rampart castle from the time of the Slavic settlement of Rügen from the 8th to the 12th century, you'll pass the Herthasee. After about 80 m there is a fork with a path leading in a north-western direction (straight on is the way back to the car park). Take this path to the right which leads in about 800 m directly to the tomb.

Visited June 2021

Hagen-Stubnitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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Lonvitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes

Lonvitz 1 is probably a grand dolmen, a mound fill can no longer be detected. The burial chamber is oriented north-east-south-west and is partly well preserved. The north-eastern end, however, was destroyed during the construction of the railway line. The chamber is 2.20 m wide and 0.80 m high. Four wall stones have survived on the north-western long side. The north-easternmost one is inclined towards the interior of the chamber, the other three are still in situ. On the south-eastern long side there are still three wall stones. The north-eastern and the central one are inclined outwards, but the third one is still in situ, as is the south-western end stone. Three capstones are still preserved, but two of them have fallen into the interior of the chamber. The most south-westerly one, however, is still in its original position. With a length of 3.10 m, a width of 1.80 m and a thickness of 1.10 m, it is the largest of the three capstones.

To get to the tomb, it is best to park in the large car park in Lauterbach. Cross the railway line and take the small path on the right with the sign to the tomb between the houses and the railway line to the north. This leads directly along the edge of the fields and the railway line on the right hand side in about 500 m to the grave.

Visited June 2021

Lonvitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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During my first trip to Ireland back in 2006, I was bitten by the 'megalithic' bug and since then I seek for every opportunity to visit as much sites as possible, with a bias for stone circles.

As I live in the southwest of Germany (not an area famous for megaliths), I rely on my holidays to be able to visit these sites.

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