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| taken from the "Faszination Archäologie" information board: "Ahlhorner Kellersteine" Neolithic megalithic tomb Dimensions Tomb I: 11 x 3 or 2 m, Tomb II; 6 x 2 or 2.5 m The "Ahlhorner Kellersteine" have a relatively good state of preservation. The capstone of Tomb II was only blown up at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, his fragments can be considered as a memorial of wanton megalithic destruction. The term "Kellersteine" (cellar stones) is probably based on the folkloric misinterpretation of the tombs as a storage cellar for goods. The legend of the miracle stone (De Wunnersteen) According to legend, one of the capstones originally bore the inscription "O wunnder, o wunner, wat ligg hier wohl unner?" (Oh wonder, oh wonder, what may lie down there?). After a long puzzling, it was said, the capstone had been raised. But you could find nothing, nothing except the inscription "Dat würd nu uck all hoge Tied, Dat ick mal keem upp de annere Siet!" (Now it's about time that I get to the other side!) Testimony of sedentary life Megalithic tombs like the "Alhhorner Kellersteine" are considered the oldest surviving structures of northern Central Europe. Until the fourth millennium BC only hunters and gatherers lived in the Wildeshauser Geest. Only the "funnel beaker culture" (about 3500 - 2700 BC) settled down permanently. They bred cattle, planted grain and lived in post constructions. Presumably, they believed in an otherworldly life and therefore built their deceased sometimes monumental graves of boulders. Those megalithic graves or megalithic tombs (Greek: mega = large, lithos = stone) were erected not for individuals, but for groups and used over many generations. |
Posted by Nucleus4th November 2018ce Edited 4th November 2018ce
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