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| taken from the information board Landkreis Rotenburg - Kreisarchäologie The Hünenkeller Remains of a megalithic grave from the Neolithic (3000 - 2000 BC) Megalith tombs served as burial vault in the recent Stone Age. The burial chambers were covered with large boulders. All the gaps between the boulders were wedged with broken granite boulders and all of it was grouted with mud and covered by a mound of earth. A 19th-century report describes that this site owned 4 capstones and 8 support stones. The stone chamber was surrounded by a layer of rectangular hills. Compared to other megalithic tombs, one can imagine the site as reconstructed in the adjacent drawing. In the so-called long Hunebeds (Hünenbetten) was always only a stone chamber. Excavations proved that in the remaining part of the hill were mostly traces of wooden chamberd graves, which were little older than the stone grave. It is likely that the construction of the second and third (stone) burial chamber has expanded the hill. The foundling walls around the long Hunebed will be built with the most recent construction phase. Scientific excavations have not yet taken place. From earlier improper excavations come Stone Age pottery shards with the typical for the younger Stone Age "Tiefstich" ornament". The oak growing in the stone grave has germinated around the year 1910 here. |
Posted by Nucleus11th June 2019ce |
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