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Site description on wikipedia
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Southwest of Lancken-Granitz, Lancken-Granitz 1-4 (originally 8 graves), Burtevitz 1,3 and 4 (originally 23 graves) are a total of 7 preserved megalithic tombs lined up in a southwesterly direction, like a string of pearls over a distance of about 400m. If one adds the two megalithic tombs Dummertevitz 1 (also known as Ziegensteine) and 2 (originally 11 tombs), this collection is probably one of the largest former necropolises on Rügen.
Please note that my numbering scheme follows the numbering on the German Wikipedia page, which is based on Ewald Schludt's numbering.
Sprockhoff / Schuldt / Beier
Lancken 1 (504) / Lancken-Granitz 2 / Lancken-Granitz 4
Lancken 2 (503) / Lancken-Granitz 3 / Lancken-Granitz 3
Lancken 3 (502) / Lancken-Granitz 1 / Lancken-Granitz 2
Lancken 4 (501) / Lancken-Granitz 4 / Lancken-Granitz 1
Visited June 2021
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Howard Crowhurst gives us a first hand expert tour of a remarkable megalithic site: the Kercado Dolmen in the Carnac region in Brittany France. At least 6000 years old, this kind of structure is regarded by some as a passage grave, but Howard does not agree with this interpretation.
In any case, it raises a lot of interesting questions, not least being how primitive peoples could have constructed such a site. That top rock forming the roof of the chamber is not to be trifled with! In addition, the seeming coincidence of the distance from this site to the Manio Giant being exactly 10,000 megalithic yards, a fundamental measurement deduced by Prof Thom from numerous surveys, is intriguing.
For some reason, this idea of a dolmen seems to have been very wide spread. Not just in Europe, but into Asia as well --examples are even found in Korea. Why were ancient people so interested in this particular kind of construction?
Many thanks to Howard for presenting this fascinating material so well!
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In this video and the following we introduce Howard Crowhurst's significant discoveries of two remarkable 3-4-5 triangles---the Life triangles--- at an area famous for the Manio Giant menhir at Carnac in Brittany. These are probably the first 3-4-5 triangles known in history, and Howard has discovered that these configurations bring together ancient astronomical alignments, geometry and the biology of conception and fertility.
Howard's remarkable analysis of this site deserves wider recognition and study. I am grateful to him for giving me a personal tour of the area and his fascinating explanation of it. It opens up a lot of questions about Neolithic thinking!
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This video continues to describe Howard Crowhurst's remarkable discoveries in the Manio area of Carnac in Brittany of Neolithic geometry. Here he shows us a second 3-4-5 triangle adjacent to the Conception Triangle; this one is the Fertility Triangle and it is marked by another square stone at the perpendicular corner of this triangle.
The exact dimensions of this triangle are 30,40 and 50 megalithic yards, using the fundamental unit established by Prof Alexander Thom after his study of 600 megalithic sites across England, Scotland, Wales and France.
The hypotenuse of this Fertility Triangle is then the East-West line marked also by the Autumn Equinox, which is 9 months after the Winter Solstice when the shadow of the Manio Giant penetrates the two Portal stones. Do we have here Neolithic Family Planning? What other secrets could this site be holding?
As Howard comments, this area really deserves some serious attention from archeologists! It raises a lot of questions about our understanding of the level of mathematics and astronomy of Neolithic people.
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The discovery of a dismantled stone circle—close to Stonehenge's bluestone quarries in west Wales—raises the possibility that a 900-year-old legend about Stonehenge being built from an earlier stone circle contains a grain of truth. Radiocarbon and OSL dating of Waun Mawn indicate construction c. 3000 BC, shortly before the initial construction of Stonehenge. The identical diameters of Waun Mawn and the enclosing ditch of Stonehenge, and their orientations on the midsummer solstice sunrise, suggest that at least part of the Waun Mawn circle was brought from west Wales to Salisbury Plain. This interpretation complements recent isotope work that supports a hypothesis of migration of both people and animals from Wales to Stonehenge.
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Waun Mawn: a former stone circle near the bluestone quarries for Stonehenge by Prof. Mike Parker Pearson (in English).
In 2017 and 2018 the Stones of Stonehenge Project, led by researchers from University College London and the universities of Southampton, Bournemouth and the Highlands & Islands, carried out excavations at Waun Mawn in North Pembrokeshire to discover if the four monoliths there are all that is left of a prehistoric stone circle. These four monoliths – three of them recumbent and one still standing – form an arc which previous archaeologists have suspected may be remains of a circle. Our excavations discovered a further six empty sockets around the perimeter, revealing that this stone circle was originally 110m in diameter. This makes it one of the largest stone circles in Britain and the same diameter as the ditch around Stonehenge. The team have also been able to establish its age by radiocarbon dating and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) profiling and dating.
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Altensien aka Goldbusch is a grand dolmen oriented in a northeast-southwest direction. According to the information board it is the last of formerly 43 tombs between Altensien and Seedorf.
The site was badly damaged. It was excavated and restored in 1969 by E. Schuldt. It has three supporting stones on each long side. The end stones are also preserved. The entrance consisted of two sandstone slabs. One of the original two capstones has sunk halfway into the chamber, the second is missing. The capstone has numerous cup marks.
To get to the tomb, drive on the B196 from Lancken-Granitz to Sellin and Göhren, turn right towards Altensien and Moritzdorf. Drive through Altensien in the direction of Moritzdorf and after about 1 km immediately east of the narrow road, close to Selliner See, you will find the signed megalitic tomb on the left on a small hill.
Visited June 2021
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The megaltihic tomb Alt Reddewitz (aka Herzogsgrab, which translates to Duke's grave) is a long barrow oriented approximately in east-northeast-west-southwest direction with a transverse chamber. There are only a few stones left of the barrow, some of which are no longer in their original position. It will have been about 24 meters long and tapers from 9 to about 7 meters wide. The approximately 5.40 meter long burial chamber consists of 4 pairs of supporting stones. Of the three capstones, one stone weighing approx. 6 tons is still intact, the other two are broken in the chamber.
To get to the tomb, drive on the B196 from Baabe to Göhren. At the roundabout take the first exist to Mönchsgut / Lobbe. Immediately afterwards there is a small pariking lot on the right side and an entrance to a forest path. Park your car here and follow the path for about 900 meters. The signed tomb is then to the right of the path.
Visited June 2021
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Nobbin 1 (aka Riesenberg) is one of the largest stone graves in north Germany and is only a few meters away from the steep coast of the Tromper Wiek, directly at the Hochuferweg.
It is a trapezoidal long barrow with two chambers (extended dolmens). The trapezoidal enclosure of the complex, made up of 53 large curb stones, is 34 m long and 11 to 8 meters wide (39 stones have been preserved). In the northwest there were two transverse dolmens, one of which is well preserved. It is 1.4 m high, 1.8 m long and 1.1 m wide. The second dolmen was constructed in a similar way, but only one supporting stone has been preserved. On the south-west side, two guardian stones (called "Wächterpaar von Nobbin") over three meters high are placed in front of the enclosure.
To get to this impressive megalithc tomb drive from Altenkirchen on the K1 to Putgarten (Kap Arkona). Although the tomb is probably the most famous megalithic tomb on Rügen, it is not properly signed. In Nobbin, turn southeast and drive on until you come to a t-crossing. You have to park here as the dirt road to the east is closed to cars. From here it is a 600m walk to the tomb, after 400m turn north (left) to get to the tomb. More courageous drivers drive the 400m to the fork in the road and park here.
Visited June 2021
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The burial chamber of this passage grave is oriented east-west. It has a length of 4.0 m, a width of 1.6 m and a height of 1.1 m. It has four wall stones on the southern long side and one end stone each on the narrow sides. The northern long side has three wall stones and a narrow plate. This is where the entrance to the chamber is located, unusually on the north side of the chamber. The tomb is surrounded by a stone circle, which was probably only added in Slavic times. Due to threats from the ongoing gravel mining (the grave is on the edge of a gravel pit) it was excavated in 1986 by Dr. Günther Rennebach.
To visit the tomb drive on the L303 from Hagen to Nipmerow. Pass the huge car park Nationalpark Königsstuhl. Immediately at the entrance to Nimperow, the street turns sharply to the left. Here you leave the L303 and continue straight on. After approx. 550m you will reach a small parking lot on the right hand side and a sign for the grave. Park here and walk about 250m on a beaten path to the east. The tomb is on a small hillock. During my visit the grass was unfortunately very high and the grave was a bit overgrown by the vegetation.
Visited June 2021
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taken from the on-site information board:
Burials at different times under a earth mound or a stone pack made of boulders are known as barrows. The surface is often protected by a cover made of pebbles. The grave complex is further secured by enclosing the edge of the hill with boulders and dry masonry or a circular moat. The shapes vary greatly: In the Neolithic Age (3500-1800 BC), partly flat, round or oval mounds, partly steep and conical burial mounds were built. Even in the Bronze Age (1800-600 BC) flat and steep, concise mounds occur. The burial mounds of the Iron Age (600-50 BC) and the Slavic period (700-1168 AD) are mostly low and inconspicuous. A peculiarity in Slavic times are rectangular burial mounds. The burials in the mounds were in the embankment or in stone chambers, stone packings or wooden structures. The barrows are often grouped together. Isolated hills are often characterized by an imposing size. Most of Rügen's burial mounds were destroyed by agriculture in the 19th and 20th centuries. But with over 560 hills, which are under protection according to the district soil monument list, the island of Rügen still has the highest population in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The grave mound at "Magelowberg" was opened in 1983 by Dr. Günther Rennebach and archaeologically examined. The excavations revealed a "passage grave" from the Neolithic Age (3500-1800 BC) under a cairn with a bed of mounds and a stone circle. Access to the east-west facing burial chamber was from the north. In Slavic times, the burial mound was supplemented by a further circle of stones, in which two body burials were carried out.
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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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