Flögeln 1 Passage Grave View all content for Flögeln 1

taken from the on-site information board Prehistoric path Flögeln Megalithic tomb of the Funnel Beaker Culture Only a few meters from the megalithic tomb in the round hill lies this second tomb from the Funnel Beaker Culture. 14 supporting stones and 6 capstones form an inside 8.6 m long and 1.7 m wide burial chamber. It is inserted in a 16 m wide and nearly 6 m wide square "bed" made of large boulders. The area between the enclosure and the burial chamber was originally filled with soil. A 2 m long and 0.7 m wide passage provided access to the tomb from the south. The megalithic tomb served as a quarry in the 19th century. Numerous stones of the enclosure and two of the capstones of the burial chamber were blown up. The same doom happen that time also to some other megalithic tombs in the area. During excavations in 1898 numerous ceramic fragments of vessels and various stone tools were found in the tomb. In prehistoric times, these ancient graves were frequently visited and more deceased buried in the mounds. Also in this grave, fragments of urns made of ceramics, cremated remains and a "small roll made of bronze" suggest evidence of burials of the younger Bronze Age (about 1200 - 600 BC). The present state of the tomb dates back to reconstructions in 1973 in the course of the creation of the prehistoric path.

Posted by Nucleus 1st December 2019ce

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